Q: Is 7,837,340 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,837,340 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 7,837,340 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 10 14 17 20 28 34 35 37 68 70 74 85 89 119 140 148 170 178 185 238 259 340 356 370 445 476 518 595 623 629 740 890 1,036 1,190 1,246 1,258 1,295 1,513 1,780 2,380 2,492 2,516 2,590 3,026 3,115 3,145 3,293 4,403 5,180 6,052 6,230 6,290 6,586 7,565 8,806 10,591 12,460 12,580 13,172 15,130 16,465 17,612 21,182 22,015 23,051 30,260 32,930 42,364 44,030 46,102 52,955 55,981 65,860 88,060 92,204 105,910 111,962 115,255 211,820 223,924 230,510 279,905 391,867 461,020 559,810 783,734 1,119,620 1,567,468 1,959,335 3,918,670 and 7,837,340, with no remainder.

Since 7,837,340 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,837,340, 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).