Q: Is 7,489,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,489,552 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 7,489,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 41 49 56 82 98 112 164 196 233 287 328 392 466 574 656 784 932 1,148 1,631 1,864 2,009 2,296 3,262 3,728 4,018 4,592 6,524 8,036 9,553 11,417 13,048 16,072 19,106 22,834 26,096 32,144 38,212 45,668 66,871 76,424 91,336 133,742 152,848 182,672 267,484 468,097 534,968 936,194 1,069,936 1,872,388 3,744,776 and 7,489,552, with no remainder.

Since 7,489,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,489,552, 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).