Q: Is 7,521,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,521,552 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 7,521,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 27 36 46 48 54 69 72 92 108 138 144 184 207 216 276 368 414 432 552 621 757 828 1,104 1,242 1,514 1,656 2,271 2,484 3,028 3,312 4,542 4,968 6,056 6,813 9,084 9,936 12,112 13,626 17,411 18,168 20,439 27,252 34,822 36,336 40,878 52,233 54,504 69,644 81,756 104,466 109,008 139,288 156,699 163,512 208,932 278,576 313,398 327,024 417,864 470,097 626,796 835,728 940,194 1,253,592 1,880,388 2,507,184 3,760,776 and 7,521,552, with no remainder.

Since 7,521,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,521,552, 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).