Q: Is 7,503,174 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,503,174 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 7,503,174 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 42 47 49 63 94 98 126 141 147 181 282 294 329 362 423 441 543 658 846 882 987 1,086 1,267 1,629 1,974 2,303 2,534 2,961 3,258 3,801 4,606 5,922 6,909 7,602 8,507 8,869 11,403 13,818 17,014 17,738 20,727 22,806 25,521 26,607 41,454 51,042 53,214 59,549 76,563 79,821 119,098 153,126 159,642 178,647 357,294 416,843 535,941 833,686 1,071,882 1,250,529 2,501,058 3,751,587 and 7,503,174, with no remainder.

Since 7,503,174 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,503,174, 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).