Q: Is 7,171,164 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,171,164 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 7,171,164 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 18 21 22 26 28 33 36 39 42 44 52 63 66 77 78 84 91 99 117 126 132 143 154 156 182 198 199 231 234 252 273 286 308 364 396 398 429 462 468 546 572 597 693 796 819 858 924 1,001 1,092 1,194 1,287 1,386 1,393 1,638 1,716 1,791 2,002 2,189 2,388 2,574 2,587 2,772 2,786 3,003 3,276 3,582 4,004 4,179 4,378 5,148 5,174 5,572 6,006 6,567 7,164 7,761 8,358 8,756 9,009 10,348 12,012 12,537 13,134 15,323 15,522 16,716 18,018 18,109 19,701 23,283 25,074 26,268 28,457 30,646 31,044 36,036 36,218 39,402 45,969 46,566 50,148 54,327 56,914 61,292 72,436 78,804 85,371 91,938 93,132 108,654 113,828 137,907 162,981 170,742 183,876 199,199 217,308 256,113 275,814 325,962 341,484 398,398 512,226 551,628 597,597 651,924 796,796 1,024,452 1,195,194 1,792,791 2,390,388 3,585,582 and 7,171,164, with no remainder.

Since 7,171,164 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,171,164, 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).