Q: Is 7,106,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,106,736 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 7,106,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 728 1,092 1,456 1,627 2,184 3,254 4,368 4,881 6,508 9,762 11,389 13,016 19,524 21,151 22,778 26,032 34,167 39,048 42,302 45,556 63,453 68,334 78,096 84,604 91,112 126,906 136,668 148,057 169,208 182,224 253,812 273,336 296,114 338,416 444,171 507,624 546,672 592,228 888,342 1,015,248 1,184,456 1,776,684 2,368,912 3,553,368 and 7,106,736, with no remainder.

Since 7,106,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,106,736, 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).