Q: Is 7,424,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,424,208 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 7,424,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 43 44 48 66 72 86 88 99 109 129 132 144 172 176 198 218 258 264 327 344 387 396 436 473 516 528 654 688 774 792 872 946 981 1,032 1,199 1,308 1,419 1,548 1,584 1,744 1,892 1,962 2,064 2,398 2,616 2,838 3,096 3,597 3,784 3,924 4,257 4,687 4,796 5,232 5,676 6,192 7,194 7,568 7,848 8,514 9,374 9,592 10,791 11,352 14,061 14,388 15,696 17,028 18,748 19,184 21,582 22,704 28,122 28,776 34,056 37,496 42,183 43,164 51,557 56,244 57,552 68,112 74,992 84,366 86,328 103,114 112,488 154,671 168,732 172,656 206,228 224,976 309,342 337,464 412,456 464,013 618,684 674,928 824,912 928,026 1,237,368 1,856,052 2,474,736 3,712,104 and 7,424,208, with no remainder.

Since 7,424,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,424,208, 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).