Q: Is 7,170,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,170,408 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 7,170,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 41 42 56 63 72 82 84 123 126 164 168 246 252 287 328 347 369 492 504 574 694 738 861 984 1,041 1,148 1,388 1,476 1,722 2,082 2,296 2,429 2,583 2,776 2,952 3,123 3,444 4,164 4,858 5,166 6,246 6,888 7,287 8,328 9,716 10,332 12,492 14,227 14,574 19,432 20,664 21,861 24,984 28,454 29,148 42,681 43,722 56,908 58,296 85,362 87,444 99,589 113,816 128,043 170,724 174,888 199,178 256,086 298,767 341,448 398,356 512,172 597,534 796,712 896,301 1,024,344 1,195,068 1,792,602 2,390,136 3,585,204 and 7,170,408, with no remainder.

Since 7,170,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,170,408, 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).