Q: Is 7,708,770 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,708,770 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 7,708,770 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 31 45 54 62 81 90 93 135 155 162 186 270 279 307 310 405 465 558 614 810 837 921 930 1,395 1,535 1,674 1,842 2,511 2,763 2,790 3,070 4,185 4,605 5,022 5,526 8,289 8,370 9,210 9,517 12,555 13,815 16,578 19,034 24,867 25,110 27,630 28,551 41,445 47,585 49,734 57,102 82,890 85,653 95,170 124,335 142,755 171,306 248,670 256,959 285,510 428,265 513,918 770,877 856,530 1,284,795 1,541,754 2,569,590 3,854,385 and 7,708,770, with no remainder.

Since 7,708,770 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,708,770, 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).