Q: Is 7,829,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,829,304 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 7,829,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 29 42 56 58 84 87 116 168 174 203 232 348 406 609 696 812 1,218 1,607 1,624 2,436 3,214 4,821 4,872 6,428 9,642 11,249 12,856 19,284 22,498 33,747 38,568 44,996 46,603 67,494 89,992 93,206 134,988 139,809 186,412 269,976 279,618 326,221 372,824 559,236 652,442 978,663 1,118,472 1,304,884 1,957,326 2,609,768 3,914,652 and 7,829,304, with no remainder.

Since 7,829,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,829,304, 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).