Q: Is 7,540,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,540,344 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 7,540,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,512 4,987 9,974 14,961 19,948 29,922 34,909 39,896 44,883 59,844 69,818 89,766 104,727 119,688 134,649 139,636 179,532 209,454 269,298 279,272 314,181 359,064 418,908 538,596 628,362 837,816 942,543 1,077,192 1,256,724 1,885,086 2,513,448 3,770,172 and 7,540,344, with no remainder.

Since 7,540,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,540,344, 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).