Q: Is 7,683,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,683,408 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 7,683,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 229 233 458 466 687 699 916 932 1,374 1,398 1,832 1,864 2,061 2,097 2,748 2,796 3,664 3,728 4,122 4,194 5,496 5,592 8,244 8,388 10,992 11,184 16,488 16,776 32,976 33,552 53,357 106,714 160,071 213,428 320,142 426,856 480,213 640,284 853,712 960,426 1,280,568 1,920,852 2,561,136 3,841,704 and 7,683,408, with no remainder.

Since 7,683,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,683,408, 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).