Q: Is 7,324,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,324,272 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 7,324,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 36 38 48 57 72 76 114 144 152 171 228 304 342 456 684 912 1,368 2,677 2,736 5,354 8,031 10,708 16,062 21,416 24,093 32,124 42,832 48,186 50,863 64,248 96,372 101,726 128,496 152,589 192,744 203,452 305,178 385,488 406,904 457,767 610,356 813,808 915,534 1,220,712 1,831,068 2,441,424 3,662,136 and 7,324,272, with no remainder.

Since 7,324,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,324,272, 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).