Q: Is 7,509,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,509,024 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 7,509,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 864 1,296 2,592 2,897 5,794 8,691 11,588 17,382 23,176 26,073 34,764 46,352 52,146 69,528 78,219 92,704 104,292 139,056 156,438 208,584 234,657 278,112 312,876 417,168 469,314 625,752 834,336 938,628 1,251,504 1,877,256 2,503,008 3,754,512 and 7,509,024, with no remainder.

Since 7,509,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,509,024, 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).