Q: Is 7,612,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,612,272 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 7,612,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 67 72 108 134 144 201 216 263 268 402 432 526 536 603 789 804 1,052 1,072 1,206 1,578 1,608 1,809 2,104 2,367 2,412 3,156 3,216 3,618 4,208 4,734 4,824 6,312 7,101 7,236 9,468 9,648 12,624 14,202 14,472 17,621 18,936 28,404 28,944 35,242 37,872 52,863 56,808 70,484 105,726 113,616 140,968 158,589 211,452 281,936 317,178 422,904 475,767 634,356 845,808 951,534 1,268,712 1,903,068 2,537,424 3,806,136 and 7,612,272, with no remainder.

Since 7,612,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,612,272, 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).