Q: Is 7,936,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,936,896 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 7,936,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 264 352 384 528 704 1,056 1,408 1,879 2,112 3,758 4,224 5,637 7,516 11,274 15,032 20,669 22,548 30,064 41,338 45,096 60,128 62,007 82,676 90,192 120,256 124,014 165,352 180,384 240,512 248,028 330,704 360,768 496,056 661,408 721,536 992,112 1,322,816 1,984,224 2,645,632 3,968,448 and 7,936,896, with no remainder.

Since 7,936,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,936,896, 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).