Q: Is 7,763,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,763,696 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 7,763,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 17 23 34 46 68 73 92 136 146 184 272 289 292 368 391 578 584 782 1,156 1,168 1,241 1,564 1,679 2,312 2,482 3,128 3,358 4,624 4,964 6,256 6,647 6,716 9,928 13,294 13,432 19,856 21,097 26,588 26,864 28,543 42,194 53,176 57,086 84,388 106,352 114,172 168,776 228,344 337,552 456,688 485,231 970,462 1,940,924 3,881,848 and 7,763,696, with no remainder.

Since 7,763,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,763,696, 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).