Q: Is 7,163,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,163,748 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 7,163,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 54 108 113 226 339 452 587 678 1,017 1,174 1,356 1,761 2,034 2,348 3,051 3,522 4,068 5,283 6,102 7,044 10,566 12,204 15,849 21,132 31,698 63,396 66,331 132,662 198,993 265,324 397,986 596,979 795,972 1,193,958 1,790,937 2,387,916 3,581,874 and 7,163,748, with no remainder.

Since 7,163,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,163,748, 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).