Q: Is 7,236,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,236,200 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 7,236,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 25 40 50 97 100 194 200 373 388 485 746 776 970 1,492 1,865 1,940 2,425 2,984 3,730 3,880 4,850 7,460 9,325 9,700 14,920 18,650 19,400 36,181 37,300 72,362 74,600 144,724 180,905 289,448 361,810 723,620 904,525 1,447,240 1,809,050 3,618,100 and 7,236,200, with no remainder.

Since 7,236,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,236,200, 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).