Q: Is 7,176,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,176,816 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 7,176,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 37 48 54 72 74 108 111 144 148 216 222 296 333 432 444 449 592 666 888 898 999 1,332 1,347 1,776 1,796 1,998 2,664 2,694 3,592 3,996 4,041 5,328 5,388 7,184 7,992 8,082 10,776 12,123 15,984 16,164 16,613 21,552 24,246 32,328 33,226 48,492 49,839 64,656 66,452 96,984 99,678 132,904 149,517 193,968 199,356 265,808 299,034 398,712 448,551 598,068 797,424 897,102 1,196,136 1,794,204 2,392,272 3,588,408 and 7,176,816, with no remainder.

Since 7,176,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,176,816, 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).