Q: Is 7,477,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,477,440 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 7,477,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 160 192 240 320 480 960 7,789 15,578 23,367 31,156 38,945 46,734 62,312 77,890 93,468 116,835 124,624 155,780 186,936 233,670 249,248 311,560 373,872 467,340 498,496 623,120 747,744 934,680 1,246,240 1,495,488 1,869,360 2,492,480 3,738,720 and 7,477,440, with no remainder.

Since 7,477,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,477,440, 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).