Q: Is 7,201,068 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,201,068 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 7,201,068 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 59 84 118 177 236 354 413 708 826 1,239 1,453 1,652 2,478 2,906 4,359 4,956 5,812 8,718 10,171 17,436 20,342 30,513 40,684 61,026 85,727 122,052 171,454 257,181 342,908 514,362 600,089 1,028,724 1,200,178 1,800,267 2,400,356 3,600,534 and 7,201,068, with no remainder.

Since 7,201,068 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,201,068, 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).