Q: Is 7,716,864 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,716,864 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 7,716,864 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 157 192 256 314 384 471 512 628 768 942 1,024 1,256 1,536 1,884 2,048 2,512 3,072 3,768 4,096 5,024 6,144 7,536 8,192 10,048 12,288 15,072 16,384 20,096 24,576 30,144 40,192 49,152 60,288 80,384 120,576 160,768 241,152 321,536 482,304 643,072 964,608 1,286,144 1,929,216 2,572,288 3,858,432 and 7,716,864, with no remainder.

Since 7,716,864 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,716,864, 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).