Q: Is 7,776,288 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,776,288 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 7,776,288 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 31 32 36 39 48 52 62 67 72 78 93 96 104 117 124 134 144 156 186 201 208 234 248 268 279 288 312 372 402 403 416 468 496 536 558 603 624 744 804 806 871 936 992 1,072 1,116 1,206 1,209 1,248 1,488 1,608 1,612 1,742 1,872 2,077 2,144 2,232 2,412 2,418 2,613 2,976 3,216 3,224 3,484 3,627 3,744 4,154 4,464 4,824 4,836 5,226 6,231 6,432 6,448 6,968 7,254 7,839 8,308 8,928 9,648 9,672 10,452 12,462 12,896 13,936 14,508 15,678 16,616 18,693 19,296 19,344 20,904 24,924 27,001 27,872 29,016 31,356 33,232 37,386 38,688 41,808 49,848 54,002 58,032 62,712 66,464 74,772 81,003 83,616 99,696 108,004 116,064 125,424 149,544 162,006 199,392 216,008 243,009 250,848 299,088 324,012 432,016 486,018 598,176 648,024 864,032 972,036 1,296,048 1,944,072 2,592,096 3,888,144 and 7,776,288, with no remainder.

Since 7,776,288 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,776,288, 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).