Q: Is 7,403,808 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,403,808 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 7,403,808 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 96 233 331 466 662 699 932 993 1,324 1,398 1,864 1,986 2,648 2,796 3,728 3,972 5,296 5,592 7,456 7,944 10,592 11,184 15,888 22,368 31,776 77,123 154,246 231,369 308,492 462,738 616,984 925,476 1,233,968 1,850,952 2,467,936 3,701,904 and 7,403,808, with no remainder.

Since 7,403,808 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,403,808, 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).