Q: Is 7,072,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,072,520 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 7,072,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 13 14 20 26 28 29 35 40 52 56 58 65 67 70 91 104 116 130 134 140 145 182 203 232 260 268 280 290 335 364 377 406 455 469 520 536 580 670 728 754 812 871 910 938 1,015 1,160 1,340 1,508 1,624 1,742 1,820 1,876 1,885 1,943 2,030 2,345 2,639 2,680 3,016 3,484 3,640 3,752 3,770 3,886 4,060 4,355 4,690 5,278 6,097 6,968 7,540 7,772 8,120 8,710 9,380 9,715 10,556 12,194 13,195 13,601 15,080 15,544 17,420 18,760 19,430 21,112 24,388 25,259 26,390 27,202 30,485 34,840 38,860 48,776 50,518 52,780 54,404 60,970 68,005 77,720 101,036 105,560 108,808 121,940 126,295 136,010 176,813 202,072 243,880 252,590 272,020 353,626 505,180 544,040 707,252 884,065 1,010,360 1,414,504 1,768,130 3,536,260 and 7,072,520, with no remainder.

Since 7,072,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,072,520, 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).