Q: Is 7,211,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,211,760 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 7,211,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 151 199 240 302 398 453 597 604 755 796 906 995 1,194 1,208 1,510 1,592 1,812 1,990 2,265 2,388 2,416 2,985 3,020 3,184 3,624 3,980 4,530 4,776 5,970 6,040 7,248 7,960 9,060 9,552 11,940 12,080 15,920 18,120 23,880 30,049 36,240 47,760 60,098 90,147 120,196 150,245 180,294 240,392 300,490 360,588 450,735 480,784 600,980 721,176 901,470 1,201,960 1,442,352 1,802,940 2,403,920 3,605,880 and 7,211,760, with no remainder.

Since 7,211,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,211,760, 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).