Q: Is 7,178,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,178,248 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 7,178,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 43 44 56 77 86 88 154 172 271 301 308 344 473 542 602 616 946 1,084 1,204 1,892 1,897 2,168 2,408 2,981 3,311 3,784 3,794 5,962 6,622 7,588 11,653 11,924 13,244 15,176 20,867 23,306 23,848 26,488 41,734 46,612 81,571 83,468 93,224 128,183 163,142 166,936 256,366 326,284 512,732 652,568 897,281 1,025,464 1,794,562 3,589,124 and 7,178,248, with no remainder.

Since 7,178,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,178,248, 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).