Q: Is 7,224,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,224,336 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 7,224,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 756 1,008 1,512 2,389 3,024 4,778 7,167 9,556 14,334 16,723 19,112 21,501 28,668 33,446 38,224 43,002 50,169 57,336 64,503 66,892 86,004 100,338 114,672 129,006 133,784 150,507 172,008 200,676 258,012 267,568 301,014 344,016 401,352 451,521 516,024 602,028 802,704 903,042 1,032,048 1,204,056 1,806,084 2,408,112 3,612,168 and 7,224,336, with no remainder.

Since 7,224,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,224,336, 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).