Q: Is 7,273,756 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,273,756 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 7,273,756 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 14 17 28 34 37 49 59 68 74 98 118 119 148 196 236 238 259 413 476 518 629 826 833 1,003 1,036 1,258 1,652 1,666 1,813 2,006 2,183 2,516 2,891 3,332 3,626 4,012 4,366 4,403 5,782 7,021 7,252 8,732 8,806 11,564 14,042 15,281 17,612 28,084 30,562 30,821 37,111 49,147 61,124 61,642 74,222 98,294 106,967 123,284 148,444 196,588 213,934 259,777 427,868 519,554 1,039,108 1,818,439 3,636,878 and 7,273,756, with no remainder.

Since 7,273,756 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,273,756, 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).