Q: Is 7,466,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,466,340 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 7,466,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 29 30 35 42 58 60 70 84 87 105 116 140 145 174 203 210 290 348 406 420 435 580 609 613 812 870 1,015 1,218 1,226 1,740 1,839 2,030 2,436 2,452 3,045 3,065 3,678 4,060 4,291 6,090 6,130 7,356 8,582 9,195 12,180 12,260 12,873 17,164 17,777 18,390 21,455 25,746 35,554 36,780 42,910 51,492 53,331 64,365 71,108 85,820 88,885 106,662 124,439 128,730 177,770 213,324 248,878 257,460 266,655 355,540 373,317 497,756 533,310 622,195 746,634 1,066,620 1,244,390 1,493,268 1,866,585 2,488,780 3,733,170 and 7,466,340, with no remainder.

Since 7,466,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,466,340, 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).