Q: Is 7,169,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,169,232 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 7,169,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 228 266 304 336 399 456 532 798 912 1,064 1,123 1,596 2,128 2,246 3,192 3,369 4,492 6,384 6,738 7,861 8,984 13,476 15,722 17,968 21,337 23,583 26,952 31,444 42,674 47,166 53,904 62,888 64,011 85,348 94,332 125,776 128,022 149,359 170,696 188,664 256,044 298,718 341,392 377,328 448,077 512,088 597,436 896,154 1,024,176 1,194,872 1,792,308 2,389,744 3,584,616 and 7,169,232, with no remainder.

Since 7,169,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,169,232, 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).