Q: Is 7,249,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,249,424 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 7,249,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 52 56 91 104 112 169 182 208 338 364 383 676 728 766 1,183 1,352 1,456 1,532 2,366 2,681 2,704 3,064 4,732 4,979 5,362 6,128 9,464 9,958 10,724 18,928 19,916 21,448 34,853 39,832 42,896 64,727 69,706 79,664 129,454 139,412 258,908 278,824 453,089 517,816 557,648 906,178 1,035,632 1,812,356 3,624,712 and 7,249,424, with no remainder.

Since 7,249,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,249,424, 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).