Q: Is 7,767,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,767,072 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 7,767,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 72 96 144 149 181 288 298 362 447 543 596 724 894 1,086 1,192 1,341 1,448 1,629 1,788 2,172 2,384 2,682 2,896 3,258 3,576 4,344 4,768 5,364 5,792 6,516 7,152 8,688 10,728 13,032 14,304 17,376 21,456 26,064 26,969 42,912 52,128 53,938 80,907 107,876 161,814 215,752 242,721 323,628 431,504 485,442 647,256 863,008 970,884 1,294,512 1,941,768 2,589,024 3,883,536 and 7,767,072, with no remainder.

Since 7,767,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,767,072, 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).