Q: Is 7,364,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,364,736 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 7,364,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 64 72 96 108 128 144 192 216 288 384 432 576 864 1,152 1,728 2,131 3,456 4,262 6,393 8,524 12,786 17,048 19,179 25,572 34,096 38,358 51,144 57,537 68,192 76,716 102,288 115,074 136,384 153,432 204,576 230,148 272,768 306,864 409,152 460,296 613,728 818,304 920,592 1,227,456 1,841,184 2,454,912 3,682,368 and 7,364,736, with no remainder.

Since 7,364,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,364,736, 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).