Q: Is 7,202,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,202,712 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 7,202,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 132 264 27,283 54,566 81,849 109,132 163,698 218,264 300,113 327,396 600,226 654,792 900,339 1,200,452 1,800,678 2,400,904 3,601,356 and 7,202,712, with no remainder.

Since 7,202,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,202,712, 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).