Q: Is 7,722,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,722,352 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 7,722,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 29 34 44 58 68 88 89 116 136 176 178 187 232 272 319 356 374 464 493 638 712 748 979 986 1,276 1,424 1,496 1,513 1,958 1,972 2,552 2,581 2,992 3,026 3,916 3,944 5,104 5,162 5,423 6,052 7,832 7,888 10,324 10,846 12,104 15,664 16,643 20,648 21,692 24,208 28,391 33,286 41,296 43,384 43,877 56,782 66,572 86,768 87,754 113,564 133,144 175,508 227,128 266,288 351,016 454,256 482,647 702,032 965,294 1,930,588 3,861,176 and 7,722,352, with no remainder.

Since 7,722,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,722,352, 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).