Q: Is 7,143,708 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,143,708 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 7,143,708 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 23 26 33 39 44 46 52 66 69 78 92 132 138 143 156 181 253 276 286 299 362 429 506 543 572 598 724 759 858 897 1,012 1,086 1,196 1,518 1,716 1,794 1,991 2,172 2,353 3,036 3,289 3,588 3,982 4,163 4,706 5,973 6,578 7,059 7,964 8,326 9,412 9,867 11,946 12,489 13,156 14,118 16,652 19,734 23,892 24,978 25,883 28,236 39,468 45,793 49,956 51,766 54,119 77,649 91,586 103,532 108,238 137,379 155,298 162,357 183,172 216,476 274,758 310,596 324,714 549,516 595,309 649,428 1,190,618 1,785,927 2,381,236 3,571,854 and 7,143,708, with no remainder.

Since 7,143,708 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,143,708, 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).