Q: Is 7,224,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,224,392 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 7,224,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 23 28 46 56 71 79 92 142 158 161 184 284 316 322 497 553 568 632 644 994 1,106 1,288 1,633 1,817 1,988 2,212 3,266 3,634 3,976 4,424 5,609 6,532 7,268 11,218 11,431 12,719 13,064 14,536 22,436 22,862 25,438 39,263 44,872 45,724 50,876 78,526 91,448 101,752 129,007 157,052 258,014 314,104 516,028 903,049 1,032,056 1,806,098 3,612,196 and 7,224,392, with no remainder.

Since 7,224,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,224,392, 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).