Q: Is 7,664,706 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,664,706 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 7,664,706 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 54 63 81 126 162 189 243 378 486 567 729 751 1,134 1,458 1,502 1,701 2,253 3,402 4,506 5,103 5,257 6,759 10,206 10,514 13,518 15,771 20,277 31,542 40,554 47,313 60,831 94,626 121,662 141,939 182,493 283,878 364,986 425,817 547,479 851,634 1,094,958 1,277,451 2,554,902 3,832,353 and 7,664,706, with no remainder.

Since 7,664,706 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,664,706, 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).