Q: Is 7,167,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,167,936 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 7,167,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 37 48 64 74 96 111 148 192 222 296 444 592 888 1,009 1,184 1,776 2,018 2,368 3,027 3,552 4,036 6,054 7,104 8,072 12,108 16,144 24,216 32,288 37,333 48,432 64,576 74,666 96,864 111,999 149,332 193,728 223,998 298,664 447,996 597,328 895,992 1,194,656 1,791,984 2,389,312 3,583,968 and 7,167,936, with no remainder.

Since 7,167,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,167,936, 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).