Q: Is 7,162,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,162,392 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 7,162,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 113 114 139 152 226 228 278 339 417 452 456 556 678 834 904 1,112 1,356 1,668 2,147 2,641 2,712 3,336 4,294 5,282 6,441 7,923 8,588 10,564 12,882 15,707 15,846 17,176 21,128 25,764 31,414 31,692 47,121 51,528 62,828 63,384 94,242 125,656 188,484 298,433 376,968 596,866 895,299 1,193,732 1,790,598 2,387,464 3,581,196 and 7,162,392, with no remainder.

Since 7,162,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,162,392, 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).