Q: Is 7,272,498 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,272,498 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 7,272,498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 34 37 41 47 51 74 82 94 102 111 123 141 222 246 282 629 697 799 1,258 1,394 1,517 1,598 1,739 1,887 1,927 2,091 2,397 3,034 3,478 3,774 3,854 4,182 4,551 4,794 5,217 5,781 9,102 10,434 11,562 25,789 29,563 32,759 51,578 59,126 65,518 71,299 77,367 88,689 98,277 142,598 154,734 177,378 196,554 213,897 427,794 1,212,083 2,424,166 3,636,249 and 7,272,498, with no remainder.

Since 7,272,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,272,498, 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).