Q: Is 7,196,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,196,560 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 7,196,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 80 112 140 142 181 280 284 355 362 497 560 568 710 724 905 994 1,136 1,267 1,420 1,448 1,810 1,988 2,485 2,534 2,840 2,896 3,620 3,976 4,970 5,068 5,680 6,335 7,240 7,952 9,940 10,136 12,670 12,851 14,480 19,880 20,272 25,340 25,702 39,760 50,680 51,404 64,255 89,957 101,360 102,808 128,510 179,914 205,616 257,020 359,828 449,785 514,040 719,656 899,570 1,028,080 1,439,312 1,799,140 3,598,280 and 7,196,560, with no remainder.

Since 7,196,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,196,560, 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).