Q: Is 7,208,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,208,740 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 7,208,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 11 14 20 22 28 31 35 44 55 62 70 77 110 124 140 151 154 155 217 220 302 308 310 341 385 434 604 620 682 755 770 868 1,057 1,085 1,364 1,510 1,540 1,661 1,705 2,114 2,170 2,387 3,020 3,322 3,410 4,228 4,340 4,681 4,774 5,285 6,644 6,820 8,305 9,362 9,548 10,570 11,627 11,935 16,610 18,724 21,140 23,254 23,405 23,870 32,767 33,220 46,508 46,810 47,740 51,491 58,135 65,534 93,620 102,982 116,270 131,068 163,835 205,964 232,540 257,455 327,670 360,437 514,910 655,340 720,874 1,029,820 1,441,748 1,802,185 3,604,370 and 7,208,740, with no remainder.

Since 7,208,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,208,740, 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).