Q: Is 7,776,972 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,776,972 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 7,776,972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 54 63 81 84 108 126 127 162 189 243 252 254 324 378 381 486 508 567 729 756 762 889 972 1,134 1,143 1,458 1,524 1,701 1,778 2,187 2,268 2,286 2,667 2,916 3,402 3,429 3,556 4,374 4,572 5,103 5,334 6,804 6,858 8,001 8,748 10,206 10,287 10,668 13,716 15,309 16,002 20,412 20,574 24,003 30,618 30,861 32,004 41,148 48,006 61,236 61,722 72,009 92,583 96,012 123,444 144,018 185,166 216,027 277,749 288,036 370,332 432,054 555,498 648,081 864,108 1,110,996 1,296,162 1,944,243 2,592,324 3,888,486 and 7,776,972, with no remainder.

Since 7,776,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,776,972, 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).