Q: Is 7,721,252 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,721,252 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 7,721,252 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 22 28 43 44 53 77 86 106 121 154 172 212 242 301 308 371 473 484 583 602 742 847 946 1,166 1,204 1,484 1,694 1,892 2,279 2,332 3,311 3,388 4,081 4,558 5,203 6,413 6,622 8,162 9,116 10,406 12,826 13,244 15,953 16,324 20,812 25,069 25,652 31,906 36,421 44,891 50,138 63,812 72,842 89,782 100,276 145,684 175,483 179,564 275,759 350,966 551,518 701,932 1,103,036 1,930,313 3,860,626 and 7,721,252, with no remainder.

Since 7,721,252 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,721,252, 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).