Q: Is 7,537,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,537,768 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 7,537,768 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 28 41 49 56 67 82 98 134 164 196 268 287 328 343 392 469 536 574 686 938 1,148 1,372 1,876 2,009 2,296 2,744 2,747 3,283 3,752 4,018 5,494 6,566 8,036 10,988 13,132 14,063 16,072 19,229 21,976 22,981 26,264 28,126 38,458 45,962 56,252 76,916 91,924 112,504 134,603 153,832 183,848 269,206 538,412 942,221 1,076,824 1,884,442 3,768,884 and 7,537,768, with no remainder.

Since 7,537,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,537,768, 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).