Q: Is 7,457,373 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,457,373 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 7,457,373 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 17 21 27 33 51 63 77 99 119 153 187 189 211 231 297 357 459 561 633 693 1,071 1,309 1,477 1,683 1,899 2,079 2,321 3,213 3,587 3,927 4,431 5,049 5,697 6,963 10,761 11,781 13,293 16,247 20,889 25,109 32,283 35,343 39,457 39,879 48,741 62,667 75,327 96,849 118,371 146,223 225,981 276,199 355,113 438,669 677,943 828,597 1,065,339 2,485,791 and 7,457,373, with no remainder.

Since 7,457,373 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,457,373, 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).