Q: Is 7,405,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,405,584 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 7,405,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 41 48 53 71 82 106 123 142 159 164 212 213 246 284 318 328 424 426 492 568 636 656 848 852 984 1,136 1,272 1,704 1,968 2,173 2,544 2,911 3,408 3,763 4,346 5,822 6,519 7,526 8,692 8,733 11,289 11,644 13,038 15,052 17,384 17,466 22,578 23,288 26,076 30,104 34,768 34,932 45,156 46,576 52,152 60,208 69,864 90,312 104,304 139,728 154,283 180,624 308,566 462,849 617,132 925,698 1,234,264 1,851,396 2,468,528 3,702,792 and 7,405,584, with no remainder.

Since 7,405,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,405,584, 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).