Q: Is 7,402,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,402,616 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 7,402,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 17 26 34 52 53 68 79 104 106 136 158 212 221 316 424 442 632 689 884 901 1,027 1,343 1,378 1,768 1,802 2,054 2,686 2,756 3,604 4,108 4,187 5,372 5,512 7,208 8,216 8,374 10,744 11,713 16,748 17,459 23,426 33,496 34,918 46,852 54,431 69,836 71,179 93,704 108,862 139,672 142,358 217,724 284,716 435,448 569,432 925,327 1,850,654 3,701,308 and 7,402,616, with no remainder.

Since 7,402,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,402,616, 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).