Q: Is 7,601,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,601,472 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 7,601,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 53 54 64 72 83 96 106 108 144 159 166 192 212 216 249 288 318 332 424 432 477 498 576 636 664 747 848 864 954 996 1,272 1,328 1,431 1,494 1,696 1,728 1,908 1,992 2,241 2,544 2,656 2,862 2,988 3,392 3,816 3,984 4,399 4,482 5,088 5,312 5,724 5,976 7,632 7,968 8,798 8,964 10,176 11,448 11,952 13,197 15,264 15,936 17,596 17,928 22,896 23,904 26,394 30,528 35,192 35,856 39,591 45,792 47,808 52,788 70,384 71,712 79,182 91,584 105,576 118,773 140,768 143,424 158,364 211,152 237,546 281,536 316,728 422,304 475,092 633,456 844,608 950,184 1,266,912 1,900,368 2,533,824 3,800,736 and 7,601,472, with no remainder.

Since 7,601,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,601,472, 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).