Q: Is 7,062,312 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,062,312 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 7,062,312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 58 73 87 116 139 146 174 219 232 278 292 348 417 438 556 584 696 834 876 1,112 1,668 1,752 2,117 3,336 4,031 4,234 6,351 8,062 8,468 10,147 12,093 12,702 16,124 16,936 20,294 24,186 25,404 30,441 32,248 40,588 48,372 50,808 60,882 81,176 96,744 121,764 243,528 294,263 588,526 882,789 1,177,052 1,765,578 2,354,104 3,531,156 and 7,062,312, with no remainder.

Since 7,062,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,062,312, 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).