Q: Is 7,468,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,468,344 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 7,468,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 39 52 72 78 79 101 104 117 156 158 202 234 237 303 312 316 404 468 474 606 632 711 808 909 936 948 1,027 1,212 1,313 1,422 1,818 1,896 2,054 2,424 2,626 2,844 3,081 3,636 3,939 4,108 5,252 5,688 6,162 7,272 7,878 7,979 8,216 9,243 10,504 11,817 12,324 15,756 15,958 18,486 23,634 23,937 24,648 31,512 31,916 36,972 47,268 47,874 63,832 71,811 73,944 94,536 95,748 103,727 143,622 191,496 207,454 287,244 311,181 414,908 574,488 622,362 829,816 933,543 1,244,724 1,867,086 2,489,448 3,734,172 and 7,468,344, with no remainder.

Since 7,468,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,468,344, 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).