Q: Is 7,177,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,177,216 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 7,177,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 32 43 64 86 128 163 172 256 326 344 512 652 688 1,024 1,304 1,376 2,608 2,752 5,216 5,504 7,009 10,432 11,008 14,018 20,864 22,016 28,036 41,728 44,032 56,072 83,456 112,144 166,912 224,288 448,576 897,152 1,794,304 3,588,608 and 7,177,216, with no remainder.

Since 7,177,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,177,216, 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).