Q: Is 7,119,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,119,168 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 7,119,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 168 192 224 336 448 672 1,344 5,297 10,594 15,891 21,188 31,782 37,079 42,376 63,564 74,158 84,752 111,237 127,128 148,316 169,504 222,474 254,256 296,632 339,008 444,948 508,512 593,264 889,896 1,017,024 1,186,528 1,779,792 2,373,056 3,559,584 and 7,119,168, with no remainder.

Since 7,119,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,119,168, 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).