Q: Is 7,136,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,136,352 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 7,136,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 71 72 96 142 144 213 284 288 349 426 568 639 698 852 1,047 1,136 1,278 1,396 1,704 2,094 2,272 2,556 2,792 3,141 3,408 4,188 5,112 5,584 6,282 6,816 8,376 10,224 11,168 12,564 16,752 20,448 24,779 25,128 33,504 49,558 50,256 74,337 99,116 100,512 148,674 198,232 223,011 297,348 396,464 446,022 594,696 792,928 892,044 1,189,392 1,784,088 2,378,784 3,568,176 and 7,136,352, with no remainder.

Since 7,136,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,136,352, 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).