Q: Is 7,197,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,197,456 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 7,197,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 42 48 56 62 84 93 112 124 168 186 217 248 336 372 434 496 651 691 744 868 1,302 1,382 1,488 1,736 2,073 2,604 2,764 3,472 4,146 4,837 5,208 5,528 8,292 9,674 10,416 11,056 14,511 16,584 19,348 21,421 29,022 33,168 38,696 42,842 58,044 64,263 77,392 85,684 116,088 128,526 149,947 171,368 232,176 257,052 299,894 342,736 449,841 514,104 599,788 899,682 1,028,208 1,199,576 1,799,364 2,399,152 3,598,728 and 7,197,456, with no remainder.

Since 7,197,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,197,456, 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).