Q: Is 7,424,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,424,480 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 7,424,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 32 35 40 49 56 70 80 98 112 140 160 196 224 245 280 392 490 560 784 947 980 1,120 1,568 1,894 1,960 3,788 3,920 4,735 6,629 7,576 7,840 9,470 13,258 15,152 18,940 26,516 30,304 33,145 37,880 46,403 53,032 66,290 75,760 92,806 106,064 132,580 151,520 185,612 212,128 232,015 265,160 371,224 464,030 530,320 742,448 928,060 1,060,640 1,484,896 1,856,120 3,712,240 and 7,424,480, with no remainder.

Since 7,424,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,424,480, 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).