Q: Is 7,135,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,135,344 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 7,135,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 83 108 144 166 199 216 249 332 398 432 498 597 664 747 796 996 1,194 1,328 1,494 1,592 1,791 1,992 2,241 2,388 2,988 3,184 3,582 3,984 4,482 4,776 5,373 5,976 7,164 8,964 9,552 10,746 11,952 14,328 16,517 17,928 21,492 28,656 33,034 35,856 42,984 49,551 66,068 85,968 99,102 132,136 148,653 198,204 264,272 297,306 396,408 445,959 594,612 792,816 891,918 1,189,224 1,783,836 2,378,448 3,567,672 and 7,135,344, with no remainder.

Since 7,135,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,135,344, 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).