Q: Is 7,844,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,844,304 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 7,844,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 39 48 52 78 104 156 169 208 312 338 507 624 676 967 1,014 1,352 1,934 2,028 2,704 2,901 3,868 4,056 5,802 7,736 8,112 11,604 12,571 15,472 23,208 25,142 37,713 46,416 50,284 75,426 100,568 150,852 163,423 201,136 301,704 326,846 490,269 603,408 653,692 980,538 1,307,384 1,961,076 2,614,768 3,922,152 and 7,844,304, with no remainder.

Since 7,844,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,844,304, 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).