Q: Is 7,457,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,457,408 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 7,457,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 29 32 41 49 56 58 64 82 98 112 116 128 164 196 203 224 232 287 328 392 406 448 464 574 656 784 812 896 928 1,148 1,189 1,312 1,421 1,568 1,624 1,856 2,009 2,296 2,378 2,624 2,842 3,136 3,248 3,712 4,018 4,592 4,756 5,248 5,684 6,272 6,496 8,036 8,323 9,184 9,512 11,368 12,992 16,072 16,646 18,368 19,024 22,736 25,984 32,144 33,292 36,736 38,048 45,472 58,261 64,288 66,584 76,096 90,944 116,522 128,576 133,168 152,192 181,888 233,044 257,152 266,336 466,088 532,672 932,176 1,065,344 1,864,352 3,728,704 and 7,457,408, with no remainder.

Since 7,457,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,457,408, 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).