Q: Is 7,637,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,637,544 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 7,637,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 342 456 513 684 1,026 1,368 1,861 2,052 3,722 4,104 5,583 7,444 11,166 14,888 16,749 22,332 33,498 35,359 44,664 50,247 66,996 70,718 100,494 106,077 133,992 141,436 200,988 212,154 282,872 318,231 401,976 424,308 636,462 848,616 954,693 1,272,924 1,909,386 2,545,848 3,818,772 and 7,637,544, with no remainder.

Since 7,637,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,637,544, 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).