Q: Is 7,235,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,235,008 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 7,235,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 32 43 44 64 86 88 172 176 239 344 352 473 478 688 704 946 956 1,376 1,892 1,912 2,629 2,752 3,784 3,824 5,258 7,568 7,648 10,277 10,516 15,136 15,296 20,554 21,032 30,272 41,108 42,064 82,216 84,128 113,047 164,432 168,256 226,094 328,864 452,188 657,728 904,376 1,808,752 3,617,504 and 7,235,008, with no remainder.

Since 7,235,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,235,008, 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).