Q: Is 7,177,674 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,177,674 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 7,177,674 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 42 58 71 83 87 142 166 174 203 213 249 406 426 497 498 581 609 994 1,162 1,218 1,491 1,743 2,059 2,407 2,982 3,486 4,118 4,814 5,893 6,177 7,221 11,786 12,354 14,413 14,442 16,849 17,679 28,826 33,698 35,358 41,251 43,239 50,547 82,502 86,478 101,094 123,753 170,897 247,506 341,794 512,691 1,025,382 1,196,279 2,392,558 3,588,837 and 7,177,674, with no remainder.

Since 7,177,674 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,177,674, 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).