Q: Is 7,527,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,527,624 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 7,527,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 23 24 26 39 46 52 69 78 92 104 138 156 184 276 299 312 552 598 897 1,049 1,196 1,794 2,098 2,392 3,147 3,588 4,196 6,294 7,176 8,392 12,588 13,637 24,127 25,176 27,274 40,911 48,254 54,548 72,381 81,822 96,508 109,096 144,762 163,644 193,016 289,524 313,651 327,288 579,048 627,302 940,953 1,254,604 1,881,906 2,509,208 3,763,812 and 7,527,624, with no remainder.

Since 7,527,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,527,624, 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).