Q: Is 7,027,524 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,027,524 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 7,027,524 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 79 84 126 158 237 252 316 353 474 553 706 711 948 1,059 1,106 1,412 1,422 1,659 2,118 2,212 2,471 2,844 3,177 3,318 4,236 4,942 4,977 6,354 6,636 7,413 9,884 9,954 12,708 14,826 19,908 22,239 27,887 29,652 44,478 55,774 83,661 88,956 111,548 167,322 195,209 250,983 334,644 390,418 501,966 585,627 780,836 1,003,932 1,171,254 1,756,881 2,342,508 3,513,762 and 7,027,524, with no remainder.

Since 7,027,524 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,027,524, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).