Q: Is 7,771,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,771,960 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 7,771,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 41 56 70 82 140 164 205 280 287 328 410 574 677 820 1,148 1,354 1,435 1,640 2,296 2,708 2,870 3,385 4,739 5,416 5,740 6,770 9,478 11,480 13,540 18,956 23,695 27,080 27,757 37,912 47,390 55,514 94,780 111,028 138,785 189,560 194,299 222,056 277,570 388,598 555,140 777,196 971,495 1,110,280 1,554,392 1,942,990 3,885,980 and 7,771,960, with no remainder.

Since 7,771,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,771,960, 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).