Q: Is 7,353,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,353,472 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 7,353,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 56 58 64 112 116 128 203 224 232 283 406 448 464 566 812 896 928 1,132 1,624 1,856 1,981 2,264 3,248 3,712 3,962 4,528 6,496 7,924 8,207 9,056 12,992 15,848 16,414 18,112 25,984 31,696 32,828 36,224 57,449 63,392 65,656 114,898 126,784 131,312 229,796 253,568 262,624 459,592 525,248 919,184 1,050,496 1,838,368 3,676,736 and 7,353,472, with no remainder.

Since 7,353,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,353,472, 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).