Q: Is 7,630,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,630,728 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 7,630,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 53 56 84 106 159 168 212 318 371 424 636 742 857 1,113 1,272 1,484 1,714 2,226 2,571 2,968 3,428 4,452 5,142 5,999 6,856 8,904 10,284 11,998 17,997 20,568 23,996 35,994 45,421 47,992 71,988 90,842 136,263 143,976 181,684 272,526 317,947 363,368 545,052 635,894 953,841 1,090,104 1,271,788 1,907,682 2,543,576 3,815,364 and 7,630,728, with no remainder.

Since 7,630,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,630,728, 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).