Q: Is 7,123,536 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,123,536 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 7,123,536 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 37 42 48 56 63 72 74 84 111 112 126 144 148 168 191 222 252 259 296 333 336 382 444 504 518 573 592 666 764 777 888 1,008 1,036 1,146 1,332 1,337 1,528 1,554 1,719 1,776 2,072 2,292 2,331 2,664 2,674 3,056 3,108 3,438 4,011 4,144 4,584 4,662 5,328 5,348 6,216 6,876 7,067 8,022 9,168 9,324 10,696 12,033 12,432 13,752 14,134 16,044 18,648 21,201 21,392 24,066 27,504 28,268 32,088 37,296 42,402 48,132 49,469 56,536 63,603 64,176 84,804 96,264 98,938 113,072 127,206 148,407 169,608 192,528 197,876 254,412 296,814 339,216 395,752 445,221 508,824 593,628 791,504 890,442 1,017,648 1,187,256 1,780,884 2,374,512 3,561,768 and 7,123,536, with no remainder.

Since 7,123,536 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,123,536, 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).