Q: Is 7,232,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,232,784 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 7,232,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 67 78 104 134 156 173 201 208 268 312 346 402 519 536 624 692 804 871 1,038 1,072 1,384 1,608 1,742 2,076 2,249 2,613 2,768 3,216 3,484 4,152 4,498 5,226 6,747 6,968 8,304 8,996 10,452 11,591 13,494 13,936 17,992 20,904 23,182 26,988 34,773 35,984 41,808 46,364 53,976 69,546 92,728 107,952 139,092 150,683 185,456 278,184 301,366 452,049 556,368 602,732 904,098 1,205,464 1,808,196 2,410,928 3,616,392 and 7,232,784, with no remainder.

Since 7,232,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,232,784, 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).