Q: Is 7,125,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,125,516 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 7,125,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 68 102 108 153 204 306 459 612 918 1,836 3,881 7,762 11,643 15,524 23,286 34,929 46,572 65,977 69,858 104,787 131,954 139,716 197,931 209,574 263,908 395,862 419,148 593,793 791,724 1,187,586 1,781,379 2,375,172 3,562,758 and 7,125,516, with no remainder.

Since 7,125,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,125,516, 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).