Q: Is 7,178,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,178,328 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 7,178,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 167 199 216 334 398 501 597 668 796 1,002 1,194 1,336 1,503 1,592 1,791 2,004 2,388 3,006 3,582 4,008 4,509 4,776 5,373 6,012 7,164 9,018 10,746 12,024 14,328 18,036 21,492 33,233 36,072 42,984 66,466 99,699 132,932 199,398 265,864 299,097 398,796 598,194 797,592 897,291 1,196,388 1,794,582 2,392,776 3,589,164 and 7,178,328, with no remainder.

Since 7,178,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,178,328, 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).