Q: Is 7,259,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,259,736 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 7,259,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 88 107 132 214 257 264 321 428 514 642 771 856 1,028 1,177 1,284 1,542 2,056 2,354 2,568 2,827 3,084 3,531 4,708 5,654 6,168 7,062 8,481 9,416 11,308 14,124 16,962 22,616 27,499 28,248 33,924 54,998 67,848 82,497 109,996 164,994 219,992 302,489 329,988 604,978 659,976 907,467 1,209,956 1,814,934 2,419,912 3,629,868 and 7,259,736, with no remainder.

Since 7,259,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,259,736, 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).