Q: Is 7,187,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,187,616 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 7,187,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 47 48 54 59 72 81 94 96 108 118 141 144 162 177 188 216 236 282 288 324 354 376 423 432 472 531 564 648 708 752 846 864 944 1,062 1,128 1,269 1,296 1,416 1,504 1,593 1,692 1,888 2,124 2,256 2,538 2,592 2,773 2,832 3,186 3,384 3,807 4,248 4,512 4,779 5,076 5,546 5,664 6,372 6,768 7,614 8,319 8,496 9,558 10,152 11,092 12,744 13,536 15,228 16,638 16,992 19,116 20,304 22,184 24,957 25,488 30,456 33,276 38,232 40,608 44,368 49,914 50,976 60,912 66,552 74,871 76,464 88,736 99,828 121,824 133,104 149,742 152,928 199,656 224,613 266,208 299,484 399,312 449,226 598,968 798,624 898,452 1,197,936 1,796,904 2,395,872 3,593,808 and 7,187,616, with no remainder.

Since 7,187,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,187,616, 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).