Q: Is 7,242,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,242,912 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 7,242,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 83 96 101 108 144 166 202 216 249 288 303 332 404 432 498 606 664 747 808 864 909 996 1,212 1,328 1,494 1,616 1,818 1,992 2,241 2,424 2,656 2,727 2,988 3,232 3,636 3,984 4,482 4,848 5,454 5,976 7,272 7,968 8,383 8,964 9,696 10,908 11,952 14,544 16,766 17,928 21,816 23,904 25,149 29,088 33,532 35,856 43,632 50,298 67,064 71,712 75,447 87,264 100,596 134,128 150,894 201,192 226,341 268,256 301,788 402,384 452,682 603,576 804,768 905,364 1,207,152 1,810,728 2,414,304 3,621,456 and 7,242,912, with no remainder.

Since 7,242,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,242,912, 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).