Q: Is 7,212,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,212,816 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 7,212,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 208 234 312 468 624 936 1,872 3,853 7,706 11,559 15,412 23,118 30,824 34,677 46,236 50,089 61,648 69,354 92,472 100,178 138,708 150,267 184,944 200,356 277,416 300,534 400,712 450,801 554,832 601,068 801,424 901,602 1,202,136 1,803,204 2,404,272 3,606,408 and 7,212,816, with no remainder.

Since 7,212,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,212,816, 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).