Q: Is 7,245,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,245,740 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 7,245,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 17 20 34 68 85 101 170 202 211 340 404 422 505 844 1,010 1,055 1,717 2,020 2,110 3,434 3,587 4,220 6,868 7,174 8,585 14,348 17,170 17,935 21,311 34,340 35,870 42,622 71,740 85,244 106,555 213,110 362,287 426,220 724,574 1,449,148 1,811,435 3,622,870 and 7,245,740, with no remainder.

Since 7,245,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,245,740, 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).