Q: Is 7,247,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,247,352 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 7,247,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 168 179 241 358 482 537 716 723 964 1,074 1,253 1,432 1,446 1,687 1,928 2,148 2,506 2,892 3,374 3,759 4,296 5,012 5,061 5,784 6,748 7,518 10,024 10,122 13,496 15,036 20,244 30,072 40,488 43,139 86,278 129,417 172,556 258,834 301,973 345,112 517,668 603,946 905,919 1,035,336 1,207,892 1,811,838 2,415,784 3,623,676 and 7,247,352, with no remainder.

Since 7,247,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,247,352, 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).