Q: Is 7,482,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,482,096 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 7,482,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 223 233 446 466 669 699 892 932 1,338 1,398 1,784 1,864 2,007 2,097 2,676 2,796 3,568 3,728 4,014 4,194 5,352 5,592 8,028 8,388 10,704 11,184 16,056 16,776 32,112 33,552 51,959 103,918 155,877 207,836 311,754 415,672 467,631 623,508 831,344 935,262 1,247,016 1,870,524 2,494,032 3,741,048 and 7,482,096, with no remainder.

Since 7,482,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,482,096, 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).