Q: Is 7,214,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,214,368 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 7,214,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 43 49 56 86 98 107 112 172 196 214 224 301 344 392 428 602 688 749 784 856 1,204 1,376 1,498 1,568 1,712 2,107 2,408 2,996 3,424 4,214 4,601 4,816 5,243 5,992 8,428 9,202 9,632 10,486 11,984 16,856 18,404 20,972 23,968 32,207 33,712 36,808 41,944 64,414 67,424 73,616 83,888 128,828 147,232 167,776 225,449 257,656 450,898 515,312 901,796 1,030,624 1,803,592 3,607,184 and 7,214,368, with no remainder.

Since 7,214,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,214,368, 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).