Q: Is 7,433,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,433,136 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 7,433,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 41 48 72 82 123 144 164 246 328 369 492 656 738 984 1,259 1,476 1,968 2,518 2,952 3,777 5,036 5,904 7,554 10,072 11,331 15,108 20,144 22,662 30,216 45,324 51,619 60,432 90,648 103,238 154,857 181,296 206,476 309,714 412,952 464,571 619,428 825,904 929,142 1,238,856 1,858,284 2,477,712 3,716,568 and 7,433,136, with no remainder.

Since 7,433,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,433,136, 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).