Q: Is 7,127,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,127,340 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 7,127,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 11 12 15 20 22 30 33 44 55 60 66 110 132 165 220 330 660 10,799 21,598 32,397 43,196 53,995 64,794 107,990 118,789 129,588 161,985 215,980 237,578 323,970 356,367 475,156 593,945 647,940 712,734 1,187,890 1,425,468 1,781,835 2,375,780 3,563,670 and 7,127,340, with no remainder.

Since 7,127,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,127,340, 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).