Q: Is 7,791,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,791,336 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 7,791,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 84 108 126 168 189 216 252 378 504 756 1,512 5,153 10,306 15,459 20,612 30,918 36,071 41,224 46,377 61,836 72,142 92,754 108,213 123,672 139,131 144,284 185,508 216,426 278,262 288,568 324,639 371,016 432,852 556,524 649,278 865,704 973,917 1,113,048 1,298,556 1,947,834 2,597,112 3,895,668 and 7,791,336, with no remainder.

Since 7,791,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,791,336, 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).