Q: Is 7,888,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,888,952 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 7,888,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 17 19 34 38 43 68 71 76 86 136 142 152 172 284 323 344 568 646 731 817 1,207 1,292 1,349 1,462 1,634 2,414 2,584 2,698 2,924 3,053 3,268 4,828 5,396 5,848 6,106 6,536 9,656 10,792 12,212 13,889 22,933 24,424 27,778 45,866 51,901 55,556 58,007 91,732 103,802 111,112 116,014 183,464 207,604 232,028 415,208 464,056 986,119 1,972,238 3,944,476 and 7,888,952, with no remainder.

Since 7,888,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,888,952, 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).