Q: Is 7,577,124 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,577,124 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 7,577,124 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 19 38 57 76 114 167 199 228 334 398 501 597 668 796 1,002 1,194 2,004 2,388 3,173 3,781 6,346 7,562 9,519 11,343 12,692 15,124 19,038 22,686 33,233 38,076 45,372 66,466 99,699 132,932 199,398 398,796 631,427 1,262,854 1,894,281 2,525,708 3,788,562 and 7,577,124, with no remainder.

Since 7,577,124 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,577,124, 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).