Q: Is 7,877,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,877,088 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 7,877,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 243 288 324 432 486 648 864 972 1,013 1,296 1,944 2,026 2,592 3,039 3,888 4,052 6,078 7,776 8,104 9,117 12,156 16,208 18,234 24,312 27,351 32,416 36,468 48,624 54,702 72,936 82,053 97,248 109,404 145,872 164,106 218,808 246,159 291,744 328,212 437,616 492,318 656,424 875,232 984,636 1,312,848 1,969,272 2,625,696 3,938,544 and 7,877,088, with no remainder.

Since 7,877,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,877,088, 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).