Q: Is 7,396,680 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,396,680 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 7,396,680 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 53 60 106 120 159 212 265 318 424 530 636 795 1,060 1,163 1,272 1,590 2,120 2,326 3,180 3,489 4,652 5,815 6,360 6,978 9,304 11,630 13,956 17,445 23,260 27,912 34,890 46,520 61,639 69,780 123,278 139,560 184,917 246,556 308,195 369,834 493,112 616,390 739,668 924,585 1,232,780 1,479,336 1,849,170 2,465,560 3,698,340 and 7,396,680, with no remainder.

Since 7,396,680 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,396,680, 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).