Q: Is 7,347,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,347,888 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 7,347,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 73 108 144 146 216 219 233 292 432 438 466 584 657 699 876 932 1,168 1,314 1,398 1,752 1,864 1,971 2,097 2,628 2,796 3,504 3,728 3,942 4,194 5,256 5,592 6,291 7,884 8,388 10,512 11,184 12,582 15,768 16,776 17,009 25,164 31,536 33,552 34,018 50,328 51,027 68,036 100,656 102,054 136,072 153,081 204,108 272,144 306,162 408,216 459,243 612,324 816,432 918,486 1,224,648 1,836,972 2,449,296 3,673,944 and 7,347,888, with no remainder.

Since 7,347,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,347,888, 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).