Q: Is 7,531,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,531,720 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 7,531,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 37 40 56 70 74 140 148 185 259 280 296 370 518 727 740 1,036 1,295 1,454 1,480 2,072 2,590 2,908 3,635 5,089 5,180 5,816 7,270 10,178 10,360 14,540 20,356 25,445 26,899 29,080 40,712 50,890 53,798 101,780 107,596 134,495 188,293 203,560 215,192 268,990 376,586 537,980 753,172 941,465 1,075,960 1,506,344 1,882,930 3,765,860 and 7,531,720, with no remainder.

Since 7,531,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,531,720, 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).