Q: Is 7,641,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,641,960 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 7,641,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 43 60 86 120 129 172 215 258 344 430 516 645 860 1,032 1,290 1,481 1,720 2,580 2,962 4,443 5,160 5,924 7,405 8,886 11,848 14,810 17,772 22,215 29,620 35,544 44,430 59,240 63,683 88,860 127,366 177,720 191,049 254,732 318,415 382,098 509,464 636,830 764,196 955,245 1,273,660 1,528,392 1,910,490 2,547,320 3,820,980 and 7,641,960, with no remainder.

Since 7,641,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,641,960, 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).