Q: Is 7,227,495 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,227,495 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 7,227,495 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 9 11 15 27 31 33 45 55 93 99 135 155 157 165 279 297 341 465 471 495 785 837 1,023 1,395 1,413 1,485 1,705 1,727 2,355 3,069 4,185 4,239 4,867 5,115 5,181 7,065 8,635 9,207 14,601 15,345 15,543 21,195 24,335 25,905 43,803 46,035 46,629 53,537 73,005 77,715 131,409 160,611 219,015 233,145 267,685 481,833 657,045 803,055 1,445,499 2,409,165 and 7,227,495, with no remainder.

Since 7,227,495 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,227,495, 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).