Q: Is 7,276,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,276,824 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 7,276,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 59 72 108 118 177 216 236 354 472 531 571 708 1,062 1,142 1,416 1,593 1,713 2,124 2,284 3,186 3,426 4,248 4,568 5,139 6,372 6,852 10,278 12,744 13,704 15,417 20,556 30,834 33,689 41,112 61,668 67,378 101,067 123,336 134,756 202,134 269,512 303,201 404,268 606,402 808,536 909,603 1,212,804 1,819,206 2,425,608 3,638,412 and 7,276,824, with no remainder.

Since 7,276,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,276,824, 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).