Q: Is 7,587,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,587,440 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 7,587,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 17 20 28 34 35 40 56 68 70 80 85 112 119 136 140 170 238 272 280 340 476 560 595 680 797 952 1,190 1,360 1,594 1,904 2,380 3,188 3,985 4,760 5,579 6,376 7,970 9,520 11,158 12,752 13,549 15,940 22,316 27,098 27,895 31,880 44,632 54,196 55,790 63,760 67,745 89,264 94,843 108,392 111,580 135,490 189,686 216,784 223,160 270,980 379,372 446,320 474,215 541,960 758,744 948,430 1,083,920 1,517,488 1,896,860 3,793,720 and 7,587,440, with no remainder.

Since 7,587,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,587,440, 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).