Q: Is 7,106,715 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,106,715 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 7,106,715 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 7 9 11 15 21 33 35 45 49 55 63 77 99 105 147 165 231 245 293 315 385 441 495 539 693 735 879 1,155 1,465 1,617 2,051 2,205 2,637 2,695 3,223 3,465 4,395 4,851 6,153 8,085 9,669 10,255 13,185 14,357 16,115 18,459 22,561 24,255 29,007 30,765 43,071 48,345 67,683 71,785 92,295 112,805 129,213 145,035 157,927 203,049 215,355 338,415 473,781 646,065 789,635 1,015,245 1,421,343 2,368,905 and 7,106,715, with no remainder.

Since 7,106,715 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,106,715, 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).