Q: Is 7,331,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,331,896 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 7,331,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 17 22 26 29 34 44 52 58 68 88 104 116 136 143 169 187 221 232 286 319 338 374 377 442 493 572 638 676 748 754 884 986 1,144 1,276 1,352 1,496 1,508 1,768 1,859 1,972 2,431 2,552 2,873 3,016 3,718 3,944 4,147 4,862 4,901 5,423 5,746 6,409 7,436 8,294 9,724 9,802 10,846 11,492 12,818 14,872 16,588 19,448 19,604 21,692 22,984 25,636 31,603 33,176 39,208 43,384 51,272 53,911 63,206 70,499 83,317 107,822 126,412 140,998 166,634 215,644 252,824 281,996 333,268 431,288 563,992 666,536 916,487 1,832,974 3,665,948 and 7,331,896, with no remainder.

Since 7,331,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,331,896, 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).