Q: Is 7,564,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,564,872 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 7,564,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 37 42 56 74 84 111 148 168 222 259 296 444 518 777 888 1,036 1,217 1,554 2,072 2,434 3,108 3,651 4,868 6,216 7,302 8,519 9,736 14,604 17,038 25,557 29,208 34,076 45,029 51,114 68,152 90,058 102,228 135,087 180,116 204,456 270,174 315,203 360,232 540,348 630,406 945,609 1,080,696 1,260,812 1,891,218 2,521,624 3,782,436 and 7,564,872, with no remainder.

Since 7,564,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,564,872, 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).