Q: Is 7,703,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,703,712 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 7,703,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 276 288 368 414 552 736 828 1,104 1,163 1,656 2,208 2,326 3,312 3,489 4,652 6,624 6,978 9,304 10,467 13,956 18,608 20,934 26,749 27,912 37,216 41,868 53,498 55,824 80,247 83,736 106,996 111,648 160,494 167,472 213,992 240,741 320,988 334,944 427,984 481,482 641,976 855,968 962,964 1,283,952 1,925,928 2,567,904 3,851,856 and 7,703,712, with no remainder.

Since 7,703,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,703,712, 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).