Q: Is 7,625,540 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,625,540 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 7,625,540 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 20 26 52 65 130 139 211 260 278 422 556 695 844 1,055 1,390 1,807 2,110 2,743 2,780 3,614 4,220 5,486 7,228 9,035 10,972 13,715 18,070 27,430 29,329 36,140 54,860 58,658 117,316 146,645 293,290 381,277 586,580 762,554 1,525,108 1,906,385 3,812,770 and 7,625,540, with no remainder.

Since 7,625,540 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,625,540, 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).