Q: Is 7,689,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,689,304 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 7,689,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 41 56 68 82 119 136 164 197 238 287 328 394 476 574 697 788 952 1,148 1,379 1,394 1,576 2,296 2,758 2,788 3,349 4,879 5,516 5,576 6,698 8,077 9,758 11,032 13,396 16,154 19,516 23,443 26,792 32,308 39,032 46,886 56,539 64,616 93,772 113,078 137,309 187,544 226,156 274,618 452,312 549,236 961,163 1,098,472 1,922,326 3,844,652 and 7,689,304, with no remainder.

Since 7,689,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,689,304, 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).