Q: Is 7,201,852 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,201,852 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 7,201,852 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 23 28 46 53 92 106 161 211 212 322 371 422 644 742 844 1,219 1,477 1,484 2,438 2,954 4,853 4,876 5,908 8,533 9,706 11,183 17,066 19,412 22,366 33,971 34,132 44,732 67,942 78,281 135,884 156,562 257,209 313,124 514,418 1,028,836 1,800,463 3,600,926 and 7,201,852, with no remainder.

Since 7,201,852 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,201,852, 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).