Q: Is 7,215,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,215,624 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 7,215,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 104 117 156 169 234 312 338 468 507 593 676 936 1,014 1,186 1,352 1,521 1,779 2,028 2,372 3,042 3,558 4,056 4,744 5,337 6,084 7,116 7,709 10,674 12,168 14,232 15,418 21,348 23,127 30,836 42,696 46,254 61,672 69,381 92,508 100,217 138,762 185,016 200,434 277,524 300,651 400,868 555,048 601,302 801,736 901,953 1,202,604 1,803,906 2,405,208 3,607,812 and 7,215,624, with no remainder.

Since 7,215,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,215,624, 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).