Q: Is 7,121,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,121,832 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 7,121,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 43 67 86 103 129 134 172 201 206 258 268 309 344 402 412 516 536 618 804 824 1,032 1,236 1,608 2,472 2,881 4,429 5,762 6,901 8,643 8,858 11,524 13,287 13,802 17,286 17,716 20,703 23,048 26,574 27,604 34,572 35,432 41,406 53,148 55,208 69,144 82,812 106,296 165,624 296,743 593,486 890,229 1,186,972 1,780,458 2,373,944 3,560,916 and 7,121,832, with no remainder.

Since 7,121,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,121,832, 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).