Q: Is 7,202,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,202,496 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 7,202,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 32 42 46 48 56 64 69 84 92 96 112 138 161 168 184 192 224 233 276 322 336 368 448 466 483 552 644 672 699 736 932 966 1,104 1,288 1,344 1,398 1,472 1,631 1,864 1,932 2,208 2,576 2,796 3,262 3,728 3,864 4,416 4,893 5,152 5,359 5,592 6,524 7,456 7,728 9,786 10,304 10,718 11,184 13,048 14,912 15,456 16,077 19,572 21,436 22,368 26,096 30,912 32,154 37,513 39,144 42,872 44,736 52,192 64,308 75,026 78,288 85,744 104,384 112,539 128,616 150,052 156,576 171,488 225,078 257,232 300,104 313,152 342,976 450,156 514,464 600,208 900,312 1,028,928 1,200,416 1,800,624 2,400,832 3,601,248 and 7,202,496, with no remainder.

Since 7,202,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,202,496, 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).