Q: Is 7,293,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,293,144 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 7,293,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 43 74 86 111 129 148 172 191 222 258 296 344 382 444 516 573 764 888 1,032 1,146 1,528 1,591 2,292 3,182 4,584 4,773 6,364 7,067 8,213 9,546 12,728 14,134 16,426 19,092 21,201 24,639 28,268 32,852 38,184 42,402 49,278 56,536 65,704 84,804 98,556 169,608 197,112 303,881 607,762 911,643 1,215,524 1,823,286 2,431,048 3,646,572 and 7,293,144, with no remainder.

Since 7,293,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,293,144, 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).