Q: Is 7,135,716 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,135,716 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 7,135,716 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 17 19 21 28 34 38 42 51 57 68 76 84 102 114 119 133 204 228 238 263 266 323 357 399 476 526 532 646 714 789 798 969 1,052 1,292 1,428 1,578 1,596 1,841 1,938 2,261 3,156 3,682 3,876 4,471 4,522 4,997 5,523 6,783 7,364 8,942 9,044 9,994 11,046 13,413 13,566 14,991 17,884 19,988 22,092 26,826 27,132 29,982 31,297 34,979 53,652 59,964 62,594 69,958 84,949 93,891 104,937 125,188 139,916 169,898 187,782 209,874 254,847 339,796 375,564 419,748 509,694 594,643 1,019,388 1,189,286 1,783,929 2,378,572 3,567,858 and 7,135,716, with no remainder.

Since 7,135,716 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,135,716, 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).