Q: Is 7,814,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,814,232 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 7,814,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 31 36 54 62 72 81 93 108 124 162 186 216 248 279 324 372 389 558 648 744 778 837 1,116 1,167 1,556 1,674 2,232 2,334 2,511 3,112 3,348 3,501 4,668 5,022 6,696 7,002 9,336 10,044 10,503 12,059 14,004 20,088 21,006 24,118 28,008 31,509 36,177 42,012 48,236 63,018 72,354 84,024 96,472 108,531 126,036 144,708 217,062 252,072 289,416 325,593 434,124 651,186 868,248 976,779 1,302,372 1,953,558 2,604,744 3,907,116 and 7,814,232, with no remainder.

Since 7,814,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,814,232, 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).