Q: Is 7,848,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,848,792 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 7,848,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 29 36 42 54 56 58 63 72 84 87 108 116 126 168 174 179 189 203 216 232 252 261 348 358 378 406 504 522 537 609 696 716 756 783 812 1,044 1,074 1,218 1,253 1,432 1,512 1,566 1,611 1,624 1,827 2,088 2,148 2,436 2,506 3,132 3,222 3,654 3,759 4,296 4,833 4,872 5,012 5,191 5,481 6,264 6,444 7,308 7,518 9,666 10,024 10,382 10,962 11,277 12,888 14,616 15,036 15,573 19,332 20,764 21,924 22,554 30,072 31,146 33,831 36,337 38,664 41,528 43,848 45,108 46,719 62,292 67,662 72,674 90,216 93,438 109,011 124,584 135,324 140,157 145,348 186,876 218,022 270,648 280,314 290,696 327,033 373,752 436,044 560,628 654,066 872,088 981,099 1,121,256 1,308,132 1,962,198 2,616,264 3,924,396 and 7,848,792, with no remainder.

Since 7,848,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,848,792, 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).