Q: Is 7,236,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,236,152 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 7,236,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 17 22 28 34 44 56 68 77 88 119 136 154 187 238 308 374 476 616 691 748 952 1,309 1,382 1,496 2,618 2,764 4,837 5,236 5,528 7,601 9,674 10,472 11,747 15,202 19,348 23,494 30,404 38,696 46,988 53,207 60,808 82,229 93,976 106,414 129,217 164,458 212,828 258,434 328,916 425,656 516,868 657,832 904,519 1,033,736 1,809,038 3,618,076 and 7,236,152, with no remainder.

Since 7,236,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,236,152, 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).