Q: Is 7,798,980 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,798,980 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 7,798,980 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 31 35 42 60 62 70 84 93 105 124 140 155 186 210 217 310 372 420 434 465 599 620 651 868 930 1,085 1,198 1,302 1,797 1,860 2,170 2,396 2,604 2,995 3,255 3,594 4,193 4,340 5,990 6,510 7,188 8,386 8,985 11,980 12,579 13,020 16,772 17,970 18,569 20,965 25,158 35,940 37,138 41,930 50,316 55,707 62,895 74,276 83,860 92,845 111,414 125,790 129,983 185,690 222,828 251,580 259,966 278,535 371,380 389,949 519,932 557,070 649,915 779,898 1,114,140 1,299,830 1,559,796 1,949,745 2,599,660 3,899,490 and 7,798,980, with no remainder.

Since 7,798,980 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,798,980, 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).