Q: Is 7,336,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,336,704 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 7,336,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 41 48 64 82 96 123 128 164 192 233 246 256 328 384 466 492 656 699 768 932 984 1,312 1,398 1,864 1,968 2,624 2,796 3,728 3,936 5,248 5,592 7,456 7,872 9,553 10,496 11,184 14,912 15,744 19,106 22,368 28,659 29,824 31,488 38,212 44,736 57,318 59,648 76,424 89,472 114,636 152,848 178,944 229,272 305,696 458,544 611,392 917,088 1,222,784 1,834,176 2,445,568 3,668,352 and 7,336,704, with no remainder.

Since 7,336,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,336,704, 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).