Q: Is 7,708,284 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,708,284 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 7,708,284 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 27 36 37 54 74 81 108 111 148 162 222 324 333 444 643 666 999 1,286 1,332 1,929 1,998 2,572 2,997 3,858 3,996 5,787 5,994 7,716 11,574 11,988 17,361 23,148 23,791 34,722 47,582 52,083 69,444 71,373 95,164 104,166 142,746 208,332 214,119 285,492 428,238 642,357 856,476 1,284,714 1,927,071 2,569,428 3,854,142 and 7,708,284, with no remainder.

Since 7,708,284 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,708,284, 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).