Q: Is 7,340,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,340,832 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 7,340,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 71 72 96 142 144 213 284 288 359 426 568 639 718 852 1,077 1,136 1,278 1,436 1,704 2,154 2,272 2,556 2,872 3,231 3,408 4,308 5,112 5,744 6,462 6,816 8,616 10,224 11,488 12,924 17,232 20,448 25,489 25,848 34,464 50,978 51,696 76,467 101,956 103,392 152,934 203,912 229,401 305,868 407,824 458,802 611,736 815,648 917,604 1,223,472 1,835,208 2,446,944 3,670,416 and 7,340,832, with no remainder.

Since 7,340,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,340,832, 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).