Q: Is 7,425,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,425,240 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 7,425,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 516 645 860 1,032 1,290 1,439 1,720 2,580 2,878 4,317 5,160 5,756 7,195 8,634 11,512 14,390 17,268 21,585 28,780 34,536 43,170 57,560 61,877 86,340 123,754 172,680 185,631 247,508 309,385 371,262 495,016 618,770 742,524 928,155 1,237,540 1,485,048 1,856,310 2,475,080 3,712,620 and 7,425,240, with no remainder.

Since 7,425,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,425,240, 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).