Q: Is 7,639,236 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,639,236 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 7,639,236 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 33 36 44 66 99 101 132 191 198 202 303 382 396 404 573 606 764 909 1,111 1,146 1,212 1,719 1,818 2,101 2,222 2,292 3,333 3,438 3,636 4,202 4,444 6,303 6,666 6,876 8,404 9,999 12,606 13,332 18,909 19,291 19,998 25,212 37,818 38,582 39,996 57,873 75,636 77,164 115,746 173,619 212,201 231,492 347,238 424,402 636,603 694,476 848,804 1,273,206 1,909,809 2,546,412 3,819,618 and 7,639,236, with no remainder.

Since 7,639,236 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,639,236, 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).