Q: Is 7,235,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,235,520 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 7,235,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 7,537 15,074 22,611 30,148 37,685 45,222 60,296 75,370 90,444 113,055 120,592 150,740 180,888 226,110 241,184 301,480 361,776 452,220 482,368 602,960 723,552 904,440 1,205,920 1,447,104 1,808,880 2,411,840 3,617,760 and 7,235,520, with no remainder.

Since 7,235,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,235,520, 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).