Q: Is 7,335,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,335,744 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 7,335,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 64 78 96 104 156 192 208 312 416 624 832 1,248 2,496 2,939 5,878 8,817 11,756 17,634 23,512 35,268 38,207 47,024 70,536 76,414 94,048 114,621 141,072 152,828 188,096 229,242 282,144 305,656 458,484 564,288 611,312 916,968 1,222,624 1,833,936 2,445,248 3,667,872 and 7,335,744, with no remainder.

Since 7,335,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,335,744, 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).