Q: Is 7,096,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,096,248 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 7,096,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 47 54 72 81 94 108 141 162 188 216 233 282 324 376 423 466 564 648 699 846 932 1,128 1,269 1,398 1,692 1,864 2,097 2,538 2,796 3,384 3,807 4,194 5,076 5,592 6,291 7,614 8,388 10,152 10,951 12,582 15,228 16,776 18,873 21,902 25,164 30,456 32,853 37,746 43,804 50,328 65,706 75,492 87,608 98,559 131,412 150,984 197,118 262,824 295,677 394,236 591,354 788,472 887,031 1,182,708 1,774,062 2,365,416 3,548,124 and 7,096,248, with no remainder.

Since 7,096,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,096,248, 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).