Q: Is 7,079,814 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,079,814 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 7,079,814 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 23 42 46 49 63 69 98 126 138 147 161 207 294 322 349 414 441 483 698 882 966 1,047 1,127 1,449 2,094 2,254 2,443 2,898 3,141 3,381 4,886 6,282 6,762 7,329 8,027 10,143 14,658 16,054 17,101 20,286 21,987 24,081 34,202 43,974 48,162 51,303 56,189 72,243 102,606 112,378 144,486 153,909 168,567 307,818 337,134 393,323 505,701 786,646 1,011,402 1,179,969 2,359,938 3,539,907 and 7,079,814, with no remainder.

Since 7,079,814 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,079,814, 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).