Q: Is 7,035,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,035,240 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 7,035,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 46 60 69 92 115 120 138 184 230 276 345 460 552 690 920 1,380 2,549 2,760 5,098 7,647 10,196 12,745 15,294 20,392 25,490 30,588 38,235 50,980 58,627 61,176 76,470 101,960 117,254 152,940 175,881 234,508 293,135 305,880 351,762 469,016 586,270 703,524 879,405 1,172,540 1,407,048 1,758,810 2,345,080 3,517,620 and 7,035,240, with no remainder.

Since 7,035,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,035,240, 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).