Q: Is 7,912,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,912,440 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 7,912,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 31 36 40 45 60 62 72 90 93 120 124 155 180 186 248 279 310 360 372 465 558 620 709 744 930 1,116 1,240 1,395 1,418 1,860 2,127 2,232 2,790 2,836 3,545 3,720 4,254 5,580 5,672 6,381 7,090 8,508 10,635 11,160 12,762 14,180 17,016 21,270 21,979 25,524 28,360 31,905 42,540 43,958 51,048 63,810 65,937 85,080 87,916 109,895 127,620 131,874 175,832 197,811 219,790 255,240 263,748 329,685 395,622 439,580 527,496 659,370 791,244 879,160 989,055 1,318,740 1,582,488 1,978,110 2,637,480 3,956,220 and 7,912,440, with no remainder.

Since 7,912,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,912,440, 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).