Q: Is 7,621,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,621,248 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 7,621,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 89 96 128 178 192 223 267 356 384 446 534 669 712 892 1,068 1,338 1,424 1,784 2,136 2,676 2,848 3,568 4,272 5,352 5,696 7,136 8,544 10,704 11,392 14,272 17,088 19,847 21,408 28,544 34,176 39,694 42,816 59,541 79,388 85,632 119,082 158,776 238,164 317,552 476,328 635,104 952,656 1,270,208 1,905,312 2,540,416 3,810,624 and 7,621,248, with no remainder.

Since 7,621,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,621,248, 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).