Q: Is 7,431,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,431,424 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 7,431,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 16 22 26 28 29 32 44 52 56 58 64 77 88 91 104 112 116 128 143 154 176 182 203 208 224 232 256 286 308 319 352 364 377 406 416 448 464 572 616 638 704 728 754 812 832 896 928 1,001 1,144 1,232 1,276 1,408 1,456 1,508 1,624 1,664 1,792 1,856 2,002 2,233 2,288 2,464 2,552 2,639 2,816 2,912 3,016 3,248 3,328 3,712 4,004 4,147 4,466 4,576 4,928 5,104 5,278 5,824 6,032 6,496 7,424 8,008 8,294 8,932 9,152 9,856 10,208 10,556 11,648 12,064 12,992 16,016 16,588 17,864 18,304 19,712 20,416 21,112 23,296 24,128 25,984 29,029 32,032 33,176 35,728 36,608 40,832 42,224 48,256 51,968 58,058 64,064 66,352 71,456 81,664 84,448 96,512 116,116 128,128 132,704 142,912 168,896 232,232 256,256 265,408 285,824 337,792 464,464 530,816 571,648 675,584 928,928 1,061,632 1,857,856 3,715,712 and 7,431,424, with no remainder.

Since 7,431,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,431,424, 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).