Q: Is 7,053,102 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,053,102 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 7,053,102 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 47 54 63 94 126 141 189 282 329 378 397 423 658 794 846 987 1,191 1,269 1,974 2,382 2,538 2,779 2,961 3,573 5,558 5,922 7,146 8,337 8,883 10,719 16,674 17,766 18,659 21,438 25,011 37,318 50,022 55,977 75,033 111,954 130,613 150,066 167,931 261,226 335,862 391,839 503,793 783,678 1,007,586 1,175,517 2,351,034 3,526,551 and 7,053,102, with no remainder.

Since 7,053,102 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,053,102, 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).