Q: Is 7,506,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,506,264 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 7,506,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 74 79 107 111 148 158 214 222 237 296 316 321 428 444 474 632 642 856 888 948 1,284 1,896 2,568 2,923 3,959 5,846 7,918 8,453 8,769 11,692 11,877 15,836 16,906 17,538 23,384 23,754 25,359 31,672 33,812 35,076 47,508 50,718 67,624 70,152 95,016 101,436 202,872 312,761 625,522 938,283 1,251,044 1,876,566 2,502,088 3,753,132 and 7,506,264, with no remainder.

Since 7,506,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,506,264, 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).