Q: Is 7,124,796 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,124,796 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 7,124,796 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 49 63 84 98 126 147 196 252 294 343 441 577 588 686 882 1,029 1,154 1,372 1,731 1,764 2,058 2,308 3,087 3,462 4,039 4,116 5,193 6,174 6,924 8,078 10,386 12,117 12,348 16,156 20,772 24,234 28,273 36,351 48,468 56,546 72,702 84,819 113,092 145,404 169,638 197,911 254,457 339,276 395,822 508,914 593,733 791,644 1,017,828 1,187,466 1,781,199 2,374,932 3,562,398 and 7,124,796, with no remainder.

Since 7,124,796 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,124,796, 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).