Q: Is 7,837,452 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,837,452 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 7,837,452 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 36 42 49 54 63 84 98 108 126 147 189 196 252 294 378 441 588 756 882 1,323 1,481 1,764 2,646 2,962 4,443 5,292 5,924 8,886 10,367 13,329 17,772 20,734 26,658 31,101 39,987 41,468 53,316 62,202 72,569 79,974 93,303 124,404 145,138 159,948 186,606 217,707 279,909 290,276 373,212 435,414 559,818 653,121 870,828 1,119,636 1,306,242 1,959,363 2,612,484 3,918,726 and 7,837,452, with no remainder.

Since 7,837,452 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,837,452, 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).