Q: Is 7,403,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,403,792 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 7,403,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 22 23 31 44 46 59 62 88 92 118 124 176 184 236 248 253 341 368 472 496 506 649 682 713 944 1,012 1,298 1,357 1,364 1,426 1,829 2,024 2,596 2,714 2,728 2,852 3,658 4,048 5,192 5,428 5,456 5,704 7,316 7,843 10,384 10,856 11,408 14,632 14,927 15,686 20,119 21,712 29,264 29,854 31,372 40,238 42,067 59,708 62,744 80,476 84,134 119,416 125,488 160,952 168,268 238,832 321,904 336,536 462,737 673,072 925,474 1,850,948 3,701,896 and 7,403,792, with no remainder.

Since 7,403,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,403,792, 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).