Q: Is 7,852,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,852,392 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 7,852,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72 191 382 571 573 764 1,142 1,146 1,528 1,713 1,719 2,284 2,292 3,426 3,438 4,568 4,584 5,139 6,852 6,876 10,278 13,704 13,752 20,556 41,112 109,061 218,122 327,183 436,244 654,366 872,488 981,549 1,308,732 1,963,098 2,617,464 3,926,196 and 7,852,392, with no remainder.

Since 7,852,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,852,392, 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).