Q: Is 7,167,438 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,167,438 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 7,167,438 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 34 51 59 102 118 153 177 306 354 397 531 794 1,003 1,062 1,191 2,006 2,382 3,009 3,573 6,018 6,749 7,146 9,027 13,498 18,054 20,247 23,423 40,494 46,846 60,741 70,269 121,482 140,538 210,807 398,191 421,614 796,382 1,194,573 2,389,146 3,583,719 and 7,167,438, with no remainder.

Since 7,167,438 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,167,438, 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).