Q: Is 7,077,972 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,077,972 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 7,077,972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 22 29 33 43 44 58 66 86 87 116 129 132 172 174 258 319 348 473 516 638 946 957 1,247 1,276 1,419 1,849 1,892 1,914 2,494 2,838 3,698 3,741 3,828 4,988 5,547 5,676 7,396 7,482 11,094 13,717 14,964 20,339 22,188 27,434 40,678 41,151 53,621 54,868 61,017 81,356 82,302 107,242 122,034 160,863 164,604 214,484 244,068 321,726 589,831 643,452 1,179,662 1,769,493 2,359,324 3,538,986 and 7,077,972, with no remainder.

Since 7,077,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,077,972, 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).