Q: Is 7,537,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,537,376 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 7,537,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 19 22 23 28 32 38 44 46 49 56 76 77 88 92 98 112 133 152 154 161 176 184 196 209 224 253 266 304 308 322 352 368 392 418 437 506 532 539 608 616 644 736 784 836 874 931 1,012 1,064 1,078 1,127 1,232 1,288 1,463 1,568 1,672 1,748 1,771 1,862 2,024 2,128 2,156 2,254 2,464 2,576 2,926 3,059 3,344 3,496 3,542 3,724 4,048 4,256 4,312 4,508 4,807 5,152 5,852 6,118 6,688 6,992 7,084 7,448 8,096 8,624 9,016 9,614 10,241 11,704 12,236 12,397 13,984 14,168 14,896 17,248 18,032 19,228 20,482 21,413 23,408 24,472 24,794 28,336 29,792 33,649 36,064 38,456 40,964 42,826 46,816 48,944 49,588 56,672 67,298 76,912 81,928 85,652 97,888 99,176 134,596 153,824 163,856 171,304 198,352 235,543 269,192 327,712 342,608 396,704 471,086 538,384 685,216 942,172 1,076,768 1,884,344 3,768,688 and 7,537,376, with no remainder.

Since 7,537,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,537,376, 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).