Q: Is 7,172,160 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,172,160 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 7,172,160 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 32 40 48 60 62 64 80 93 96 120 124 155 160 186 192 240 241 248 310 320 372 465 480 482 496 620 723 744 930 960 964 992 1,205 1,240 1,446 1,488 1,860 1,928 1,984 2,410 2,480 2,892 2,976 3,615 3,720 3,856 4,820 4,960 5,784 5,952 7,230 7,440 7,471 7,712 9,640 9,920 11,568 14,460 14,880 14,942 15,424 19,280 22,413 23,136 28,920 29,760 29,884 37,355 38,560 44,826 46,272 57,840 59,768 74,710 77,120 89,652 112,065 115,680 119,536 149,420 179,304 224,130 231,360 239,072 298,840 358,608 448,260 478,144 597,680 717,216 896,520 1,195,360 1,434,432 1,793,040 2,390,720 3,586,080 and 7,172,160, with no remainder.

Since 7,172,160 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,172,160, 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).