Q: Is 7,460,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,460,336 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 7,460,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 13 16 26 31 52 62 89 104 124 169 178 208 248 338 356 403 496 676 712 806 1,157 1,352 1,424 1,612 2,314 2,704 2,759 3,224 4,628 5,239 5,518 6,448 9,256 10,478 11,036 15,041 18,512 20,956 22,072 30,082 35,867 41,912 44,144 60,164 71,734 83,824 120,328 143,468 240,656 286,936 466,271 573,872 932,542 1,865,084 3,730,168 and 7,460,336, with no remainder.

Since 7,460,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,460,336, 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).