Q: Is 7,201,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,201,948 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 7,201,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 13 17 26 34 52 68 221 442 884 8,147 16,294 32,588 105,911 138,499 211,822 276,998 423,644 553,996 1,800,487 3,600,974 and 7,201,948, with no remainder.

Since 7,201,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,201,948, 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).