Q: Is 7,163,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,163,940 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 7,163,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 37 42 60 70 74 84 105 111 140 148 185 210 222 259 370 420 444 461 518 555 740 777 922 1,036 1,110 1,295 1,383 1,554 1,844 2,220 2,305 2,590 2,766 3,108 3,227 3,885 4,610 5,180 5,532 6,454 6,915 7,770 9,220 9,681 12,908 13,830 15,540 16,135 17,057 19,362 27,660 32,270 34,114 38,724 48,405 51,171 64,540 68,228 85,285 96,810 102,342 119,399 170,570 193,620 204,684 238,798 255,855 341,140 358,197 477,596 511,710 596,995 716,394 1,023,420 1,193,990 1,432,788 1,790,985 2,387,980 3,581,970 and 7,163,940, with no remainder.

Since 7,163,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,163,940, 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).