Q: Is 7,168,308 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,168,308 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 7,168,308 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 73 84 98 146 147 167 196 219 292 294 334 438 501 511 588 668 876 1,002 1,022 1,169 1,533 2,004 2,044 2,338 3,066 3,507 3,577 4,676 6,132 7,014 7,154 8,183 10,731 12,191 14,028 14,308 16,366 21,462 24,382 24,549 32,732 36,573 42,924 48,764 49,098 73,146 85,337 98,196 146,292 170,674 256,011 341,348 512,022 597,359 1,024,044 1,194,718 1,792,077 2,389,436 3,584,154 and 7,168,308, with no remainder.

Since 7,168,308 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,168,308, 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).