Q: Is 7,471,152 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,471,152 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 7,471,152 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 36 39 48 52 72 78 104 117 144 156 169 208 234 307 312 338 468 507 614 624 676 921 936 1,014 1,228 1,352 1,521 1,842 1,872 2,028 2,456 2,704 2,763 3,042 3,684 3,991 4,056 4,912 5,526 6,084 7,368 7,982 8,112 11,052 11,973 12,168 14,736 15,964 22,104 23,946 24,336 31,928 35,919 44,208 47,892 51,883 63,856 71,838 95,784 103,766 143,676 155,649 191,568 207,532 287,352 311,298 415,064 466,947 574,704 622,596 830,128 933,894 1,245,192 1,867,788 2,490,384 3,735,576 and 7,471,152, with no remainder.

Since 7,471,152 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,471,152, 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).