Q: Is 7,461,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,461,760 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 7,461,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 89 128 131 160 178 262 320 356 445 524 640 655 712 890 1,048 1,310 1,424 1,780 2,096 2,620 2,848 3,560 4,192 5,240 5,696 7,120 8,384 10,480 11,392 11,659 14,240 16,768 20,960 23,318 28,480 41,920 46,636 56,960 58,295 83,840 93,272 116,590 186,544 233,180 373,088 466,360 746,176 932,720 1,492,352 1,865,440 3,730,880 and 7,461,760, with no remainder.

Since 7,461,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,461,760, 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).