Q: Is 7,831,668 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,831,668 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 7,831,668 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 39 52 61 78 122 156 183 244 366 732 793 823 1,586 1,646 2,379 2,469 3,172 3,292 4,758 4,938 9,516 9,876 10,699 21,398 32,097 42,796 50,203 64,194 100,406 128,388 150,609 200,812 301,218 602,436 652,639 1,305,278 1,957,917 2,610,556 3,915,834 and 7,831,668, with no remainder.

Since 7,831,668 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,831,668, 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).