Q: Is 7,048,044 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,048,044 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 7,048,044 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 29 36 43 58 86 87 116 129 157 172 174 258 261 314 348 387 471 516 522 628 774 942 1,044 1,247 1,413 1,548 1,884 2,494 2,826 3,741 4,553 4,988 5,652 6,751 7,482 9,106 11,223 13,502 13,659 14,964 18,212 20,253 22,446 27,004 27,318 40,506 40,977 44,892 54,636 60,759 81,012 81,954 121,518 163,908 195,779 243,036 391,558 587,337 783,116 1,174,674 1,762,011 2,349,348 3,524,022 and 7,048,044, with no remainder.

Since 7,048,044 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,048,044, 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).