Q: Is 7,248,906 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,248,906 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 7,248,906 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 126 127 151 189 254 302 378 381 453 762 889 906 1,057 1,143 1,359 1,778 2,114 2,286 2,667 2,718 3,171 3,429 4,077 5,334 6,342 6,858 8,001 8,154 9,513 16,002 19,026 19,177 24,003 28,539 38,354 48,006 57,078 57,531 115,062 134,239 172,593 268,478 345,186 402,717 517,779 805,434 1,035,558 1,208,151 2,416,302 3,624,453 and 7,248,906, with no remainder.

Since 7,248,906 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,248,906, 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).