Q: Is 7,199,598 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,199,598 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 7,199,598 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 23 29 42 46 58 69 87 138 161 174 203 257 322 406 483 514 609 667 771 966 1,218 1,334 1,542 1,799 2,001 3,598 4,002 4,669 5,397 5,911 7,453 9,338 10,794 11,822 14,007 14,906 17,733 22,359 28,014 35,466 41,377 44,718 52,171 82,754 104,342 124,131 156,513 171,419 248,262 313,026 342,838 514,257 1,028,514 1,199,933 2,399,866 3,599,799 and 7,199,598, with no remainder.

Since 7,199,598 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,199,598, 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).