Q: Is 7,058,961 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,058,961 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 7,058,961 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 13 17 21 27 39 51 63 91 117 119 153 169 189 221 273 351 357 459 507 663 819 1,071 1,183 1,521 1,547 1,989 2,197 2,457 2,873 3,213 3,549 4,563 4,641 5,967 6,591 8,619 10,647 13,923 15,379 19,773 20,111 25,857 31,941 37,349 41,769 46,137 59,319 60,333 77,571 112,047 138,411 180,999 261,443 336,141 415,233 542,997 784,329 1,008,423 2,352,987 and 7,058,961, with no remainder.

Since 7,058,961 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,058,961, 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).