Q: Is 7,504,446 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,504,446 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 7,504,446 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 17 29 34 43 51 58 59 86 87 102 118 129 174 177 258 354 493 731 986 1,003 1,247 1,462 1,479 1,711 2,006 2,193 2,494 2,537 2,958 3,009 3,422 3,741 4,386 5,074 5,133 6,018 7,482 7,611 10,266 15,222 21,199 29,087 42,398 43,129 58,174 63,597 73,573 86,258 87,261 127,194 129,387 147,146 174,522 220,719 258,774 441,438 1,250,741 2,501,482 3,752,223 and 7,504,446, with no remainder.

Since 7,504,446 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,504,446, 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).