Q: Is 7,257,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,257,440 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 7,257,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 67 80 134 160 268 335 536 670 677 1,072 1,340 1,354 2,144 2,680 2,708 3,385 5,360 5,416 6,770 10,720 10,832 13,540 21,664 27,080 45,359 54,160 90,718 108,320 181,436 226,795 362,872 453,590 725,744 907,180 1,451,488 1,814,360 3,628,720 and 7,257,440, with no remainder.

Since 7,257,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,257,440, 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).