Q: Is 7,393,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,393,488 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 7,393,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 37 46 48 69 74 92 111 138 148 181 184 222 276 296 362 368 444 543 552 592 724 851 888 1,086 1,104 1,448 1,702 1,776 2,172 2,553 2,896 3,404 4,163 4,344 5,106 6,697 6,808 8,326 8,688 10,212 12,489 13,394 13,616 16,652 20,091 20,424 24,978 26,788 33,304 40,182 40,848 49,956 53,576 66,608 80,364 99,912 107,152 154,031 160,728 199,824 308,062 321,456 462,093 616,124 924,186 1,232,248 1,848,372 2,464,496 3,696,744 and 7,393,488, with no remainder.

Since 7,393,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,393,488, 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).