Q: Is 7,135,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,135,632 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 7,135,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 504 1,008 7,079 14,158 21,237 28,316 42,474 49,553 56,632 63,711 84,948 99,106 113,264 127,422 148,659 169,896 198,212 254,844 297,318 339,792 396,424 445,977 509,688 594,636 792,848 891,954 1,019,376 1,189,272 1,783,908 2,378,544 3,567,816 and 7,135,632, with no remainder.

Since 7,135,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,135,632, 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).