Q: Is 7,724,766 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,724,766 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 7,724,766 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 31 34 42 51 62 93 102 119 186 217 238 349 357 434 527 651 698 714 1,047 1,054 1,302 1,581 2,094 2,443 3,162 3,689 4,886 5,933 7,329 7,378 10,819 11,067 11,866 14,658 17,799 21,638 22,134 32,457 35,598 41,531 64,914 75,733 83,062 124,593 151,466 183,923 227,199 249,186 367,846 454,398 551,769 1,103,538 1,287,461 2,574,922 3,862,383 and 7,724,766, with no remainder.

Since 7,724,766 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,724,766, 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).