Q: Is 7,497,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,497,216 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 7,497,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 512 576 768 1,152 1,536 1,627 2,304 3,254 4,608 4,881 6,508 9,762 13,016 14,643 19,524 26,032 29,286 39,048 52,064 58,572 78,096 104,128 117,144 156,192 208,256 234,288 312,384 416,512 468,576 624,768 833,024 937,152 1,249,536 1,874,304 2,499,072 3,748,608 and 7,497,216, with no remainder.

Since 7,497,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,497,216, 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).