Q: Is 7,724,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,724,208 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 7,724,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 29 31 48 58 62 87 93 116 124 174 179 186 232 248 348 358 372 464 496 537 696 716 744 899 1,074 1,392 1,432 1,488 1,798 2,148 2,697 2,864 3,596 4,296 5,191 5,394 5,549 7,192 8,592 10,382 10,788 11,098 14,384 15,573 16,647 20,764 21,576 22,196 31,146 33,294 41,528 43,152 44,392 62,292 66,588 83,056 88,784 124,584 133,176 160,921 249,168 266,352 321,842 482,763 643,684 965,526 1,287,368 1,931,052 2,574,736 3,862,104 and 7,724,208, with no remainder.

Since 7,724,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,724,208, 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).