Q: Is 7,749,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,749,264 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 7,749,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 29 38 48 57 58 76 87 114 116 152 174 228 232 293 304 348 456 464 551 586 696 879 912 1,102 1,172 1,392 1,653 1,758 2,204 2,344 3,306 3,516 4,408 4,688 5,567 6,612 7,032 8,497 8,816 11,134 13,224 14,064 16,701 16,994 22,268 25,491 26,448 33,402 33,988 44,536 50,982 66,804 67,976 89,072 101,964 133,608 135,952 161,443 203,928 267,216 322,886 407,856 484,329 645,772 968,658 1,291,544 1,937,316 2,583,088 3,874,632 and 7,749,264, with no remainder.

Since 7,749,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,749,264, 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).