Q: Is 7,853,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,853,736 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 7,853,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 66 71 88 132 142 213 264 284 419 426 568 781 838 852 1,257 1,562 1,676 1,704 2,343 2,514 3,124 3,352 4,609 4,686 5,028 6,248 9,218 9,372 10,056 13,827 18,436 18,744 27,654 29,749 36,872 55,308 59,498 89,247 110,616 118,996 178,494 237,992 327,239 356,988 654,478 713,976 981,717 1,308,956 1,963,434 2,617,912 3,926,868 and 7,853,736, with no remainder.

Since 7,853,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,853,736, 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).