Q: Is 7,037,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,037,712 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 7,037,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 297 396 432 528 594 792 1,188 1,481 1,584 2,376 2,962 4,443 4,752 5,924 8,886 11,848 13,329 16,291 17,772 23,696 26,658 32,582 35,544 39,987 48,873 53,316 65,164 71,088 79,974 97,746 106,632 130,328 146,619 159,948 195,492 213,264 260,656 293,238 319,896 390,984 439,857 586,476 639,792 781,968 879,714 1,172,952 1,759,428 2,345,904 3,518,856 and 7,037,712, with no remainder.

Since 7,037,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,037,712, 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).