Q: Is 7,532,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,532,112 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 7,532,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 42 48 56 58 84 87 112 116 168 174 203 232 336 348 406 464 609 696 773 812 1,218 1,392 1,546 1,624 2,319 2,436 3,092 3,248 4,638 4,872 5,411 6,184 9,276 9,744 10,822 12,368 16,233 18,552 21,644 22,417 32,466 37,104 43,288 44,834 64,932 67,251 86,576 89,668 129,864 134,502 156,919 179,336 259,728 269,004 313,838 358,672 470,757 538,008 627,676 941,514 1,076,016 1,255,352 1,883,028 2,510,704 3,766,056 and 7,532,112, with no remainder.

Since 7,532,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,532,112, 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).