Q: Is 7,165,908 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,165,908 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 7,165,908 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 27 34 36 51 54 68 81 102 108 153 162 204 306 324 459 612 918 1,301 1,377 1,836 2,602 2,754 3,903 5,204 5,508 7,806 11,709 15,612 22,117 23,418 35,127 44,234 46,836 66,351 70,254 88,468 105,381 132,702 140,508 199,053 210,762 265,404 398,106 421,524 597,159 796,212 1,194,318 1,791,477 2,388,636 3,582,954 and 7,165,908, with no remainder.

Since 7,165,908 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,165,908, 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).