Q: Is 7,171,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,171,740 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 7,171,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 19 20 27 30 36 38 45 54 57 60 76 81 90 95 108 114 135 162 171 180 190 228 233 270 285 324 342 380 405 466 513 540 570 684 699 810 855 932 1,026 1,140 1,165 1,398 1,539 1,620 1,710 2,052 2,097 2,330 2,565 2,796 3,078 3,420 3,495 4,194 4,427 4,660 5,130 6,156 6,291 6,990 7,695 8,388 8,854 10,260 10,485 12,582 13,281 13,980 15,390 17,708 18,873 20,970 22,135 25,164 26,562 30,780 31,455 37,746 39,843 41,940 44,270 53,124 62,910 66,405 75,492 79,686 88,540 94,365 119,529 125,820 132,810 159,372 188,730 199,215 239,058 265,620 358,587 377,460 398,430 478,116 597,645 717,174 796,860 1,195,290 1,434,348 1,792,935 2,390,580 3,585,870 and 7,171,740, with no remainder.

Since 7,171,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,171,740, 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).