Q: Is 7,492,716 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,492,716 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 7,492,716 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 17 18 21 22 27 28 33 34 36 42 44 51 53 54 63 66 68 77 84 99 102 106 108 119 126 132 153 154 159 187 189 198 204 212 231 238 252 297 306 308 318 357 371 374 378 396 459 462 476 477 561 583 594 612 636 693 714 742 748 756 901 918 924 954 1,071 1,113 1,122 1,166 1,188 1,309 1,386 1,428 1,431 1,484 1,683 1,749 1,802 1,836 1,908 2,079 2,142 2,226 2,244 2,332 2,618 2,703 2,772 2,862 3,213 3,339 3,366 3,498 3,604 3,927 4,081 4,158 4,284 4,452 5,049 5,236 5,247 5,406 5,724 6,307 6,426 6,678 6,732 6,996 7,854 8,109 8,162 8,316 9,911 10,017 10,098 10,494 10,812 11,781 12,243 12,614 12,852 13,356 15,708 15,741 16,218 16,324 18,921 19,822 20,034 20,196 20,988 23,562 24,327 24,486 25,228 29,733 31,482 32,436 35,343 36,729 37,842 39,644 40,068 47,124 48,654 48,972 56,763 59,466 62,964 69,377 70,686 73,458 75,684 89,199 97,308 110,187 113,526 118,932 138,754 141,372 146,916 170,289 178,398 208,131 220,374 227,052 267,597 277,508 340,578 356,796 416,262 440,748 535,194 624,393 681,156 832,524 1,070,388 1,248,786 1,873,179 2,497,572 3,746,358 and 7,492,716, with no remainder.

Since 7,492,716 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,492,716, 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).