Q: Is 7,779,828 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,779,828 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 7,779,828 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 49 84 98 101 131 147 196 202 262 294 303 393 404 524 588 606 707 786 917 1,212 1,414 1,572 1,834 2,121 2,751 2,828 3,668 4,242 4,949 5,502 6,419 8,484 9,898 11,004 12,838 13,231 14,847 19,257 19,796 25,676 26,462 29,694 38,514 39,693 52,924 59,388 77,028 79,386 92,617 158,772 185,234 277,851 370,468 555,702 648,319 1,111,404 1,296,638 1,944,957 2,593,276 3,889,914 and 7,779,828, with no remainder.

Since 7,779,828 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,779,828, 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).