Q: Is 7,079,130 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,079,130 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 7,079,130 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 54 90 135 157 167 270 314 334 471 501 785 835 942 1,002 1,413 1,503 1,570 1,670 2,355 2,505 2,826 3,006 4,239 4,509 4,710 5,010 7,065 7,515 8,478 9,018 14,130 15,030 21,195 22,545 26,219 42,390 45,090 52,438 78,657 131,095 157,314 235,971 262,190 393,285 471,942 707,913 786,570 1,179,855 1,415,826 2,359,710 3,539,565 and 7,079,130, with no remainder.

Since 7,079,130 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,079,130, 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).