Q: Is 7,824,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,824,816 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 7,824,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 59 72 108 118 144 177 216 236 307 354 432 472 531 614 708 921 944 1,062 1,228 1,416 1,593 1,842 2,124 2,456 2,763 2,832 3,186 3,684 4,248 4,912 5,526 6,372 7,368 8,289 8,496 11,052 12,744 14,736 16,578 18,113 22,104 25,488 33,156 36,226 44,208 54,339 66,312 72,452 108,678 132,624 144,904 163,017 217,356 289,808 326,034 434,712 489,051 652,068 869,424 978,102 1,304,136 1,956,204 2,608,272 3,912,408 and 7,824,816, with no remainder.

Since 7,824,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,824,816, 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).