Q: Is 7,778,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,778,472 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 7,778,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 107 156 214 233 312 321 428 466 642 699 856 932 1,284 1,391 1,398 1,864 2,568 2,782 2,796 3,029 4,173 5,564 5,592 6,058 8,346 9,087 11,128 12,116 16,692 18,174 24,232 24,931 33,384 36,348 49,862 72,696 74,793 99,724 149,586 199,448 299,172 324,103 598,344 648,206 972,309 1,296,412 1,944,618 2,592,824 3,889,236 and 7,778,472, with no remainder.

Since 7,778,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,778,472, 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).