Q: Is 7,701,372 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,701,372 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 7,701,372 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 61 63 84 108 122 126 167 183 189 244 252 334 366 378 427 501 549 668 732 756 854 1,002 1,098 1,169 1,281 1,503 1,647 1,708 2,004 2,196 2,338 2,562 3,006 3,294 3,507 3,843 4,509 4,676 5,124 6,012 6,588 7,014 7,686 9,018 10,187 10,521 11,529 14,028 15,372 18,036 20,374 21,042 23,058 30,561 31,563 40,748 42,084 46,116 61,122 63,126 71,309 91,683 122,244 126,252 142,618 183,366 213,927 275,049 285,236 366,732 427,854 550,098 641,781 855,708 1,100,196 1,283,562 1,925,343 2,567,124 3,850,686 and 7,701,372, with no remainder.

Since 7,701,372 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,701,372, 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).