Q: Is 7,497,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,497,072 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 7,497,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 99 132 144 176 198 264 396 528 792 1,584 4,733 9,466 14,199 18,932 28,398 37,864 42,597 52,063 56,796 75,728 85,194 104,126 113,592 156,189 170,388 208,252 227,184 312,378 340,776 416,504 468,567 624,756 681,552 833,008 937,134 1,249,512 1,874,268 2,499,024 3,748,536 and 7,497,072, with no remainder.

Since 7,497,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,497,072, 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).