Q: Is 7,171,668 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,171,668 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 7,171,668 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 126 149 191 252 298 382 447 573 596 764 894 1,043 1,146 1,337 1,341 1,719 1,788 2,086 2,292 2,674 2,682 3,129 3,438 4,011 4,172 5,348 5,364 6,258 6,876 8,022 9,387 12,033 12,516 16,044 18,774 24,066 28,459 37,548 48,132 56,918 85,377 113,836 170,754 199,213 256,131 341,508 398,426 512,262 597,639 796,852 1,024,524 1,195,278 1,792,917 2,390,556 3,585,834 and 7,171,668, with no remainder.

Since 7,171,668 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,171,668, 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).