Q: Is 7,460,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,460,112 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 7,460,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 66 71 88 132 142 176 199 213 264 284 398 426 528 568 597 781 796 852 1,136 1,194 1,562 1,592 1,704 2,189 2,343 2,388 3,124 3,184 3,408 4,378 4,686 4,776 6,248 6,567 8,756 9,372 9,552 12,496 13,134 14,129 17,512 18,744 26,268 28,258 35,024 37,488 42,387 52,536 56,516 84,774 105,072 113,032 155,419 169,548 226,064 310,838 339,096 466,257 621,676 678,192 932,514 1,243,352 1,865,028 2,486,704 3,730,056 and 7,460,112, with no remainder.

Since 7,460,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,460,112, 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).