Q: Is 7,850,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,850,472 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 7,850,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 83 84 166 168 249 332 498 563 581 664 996 1,126 1,162 1,689 1,743 1,992 2,252 2,324 3,378 3,486 3,941 4,504 4,648 6,756 6,972 7,882 11,823 13,512 13,944 15,764 23,646 31,528 46,729 47,292 93,458 94,584 140,187 186,916 280,374 327,103 373,832 560,748 654,206 981,309 1,121,496 1,308,412 1,962,618 2,616,824 3,925,236 and 7,850,472, with no remainder.

Since 7,850,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,850,472, 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).