Q: Is 7,235,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,235,124 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 7,235,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 19 26 38 39 52 57 76 78 114 156 228 247 494 741 988 1,482 2,441 2,964 4,882 7,323 9,764 14,646 29,292 31,733 46,379 63,466 92,758 95,199 126,932 139,137 185,516 190,398 278,274 380,796 556,548 602,927 1,205,854 1,808,781 2,411,708 3,617,562 and 7,235,124, with no remainder.

Since 7,235,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,235,124, 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).