Q: Is 7,328,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,328,232 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 7,328,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 72 81 86 108 129 162 172 216 258 263 324 344 387 516 526 648 774 789 1,032 1,052 1,161 1,548 1,578 2,104 2,322 2,367 3,096 3,156 3,483 4,644 4,734 6,312 6,966 7,101 9,288 9,468 11,309 13,932 14,202 18,936 21,303 22,618 27,864 28,404 33,927 42,606 45,236 56,808 67,854 85,212 90,472 101,781 135,708 170,424 203,562 271,416 305,343 407,124 610,686 814,248 916,029 1,221,372 1,832,058 2,442,744 3,664,116 and 7,328,232, with no remainder.

Since 7,328,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,328,232, 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).