Q: Is 7,174,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,174,368 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 7,174,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 72 87 96 116 144 174 232 261 288 348 464 522 696 859 928 1,044 1,392 1,718 2,088 2,577 2,784 3,436 4,176 5,154 6,872 7,731 8,352 10,308 13,744 15,462 20,616 24,911 27,488 30,924 41,232 49,822 61,848 74,733 82,464 99,644 123,696 149,466 199,288 224,199 247,392 298,932 398,576 448,398 597,864 797,152 896,796 1,195,728 1,793,592 2,391,456 3,587,184 and 7,174,368, with no remainder.

Since 7,174,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,174,368, 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).