Q: Is 7,888,632 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,888,632 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 7,888,632 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 23 24 31 46 62 69 92 93 124 138 184 186 248 276 372 461 552 713 744 922 1,383 1,426 1,844 2,139 2,766 2,852 3,688 4,278 5,532 5,704 8,556 10,603 11,064 14,291 17,112 21,206 28,582 31,809 42,412 42,873 57,164 63,618 84,824 85,746 114,328 127,236 171,492 254,472 328,693 342,984 657,386 986,079 1,314,772 1,972,158 2,629,544 3,944,316 and 7,888,632, with no remainder.

Since 7,888,632 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,888,632, 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).