Q: Is 7,636,140 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,636,140 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 7,636,140 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 30 36 45 54 60 79 90 108 135 158 179 180 237 270 316 358 395 474 537 540 711 716 790 895 948 1,074 1,185 1,422 1,580 1,611 1,790 2,133 2,148 2,370 2,685 2,844 3,222 3,555 3,580 4,266 4,740 4,833 5,370 6,444 7,110 8,055 8,532 9,666 10,665 10,740 14,141 14,220 16,110 19,332 21,330 24,165 28,282 32,220 42,423 42,660 48,330 56,564 70,705 84,846 96,660 127,269 141,410 169,692 212,115 254,538 282,820 381,807 424,230 509,076 636,345 763,614 848,460 1,272,690 1,527,228 1,909,035 2,545,380 3,818,070 and 7,636,140, with no remainder.

Since 7,636,140 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,636,140, 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).