Q: Is 7,943,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,943,488 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 7,943,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 32 34 49 56 64 68 98 112 119 136 149 196 224 238 272 298 392 448 476 544 596 784 833 952 1,043 1,088 1,192 1,568 1,666 1,904 2,086 2,384 2,533 3,136 3,332 3,808 4,172 4,768 5,066 6,664 7,301 7,616 8,344 9,536 10,132 13,328 14,602 16,688 17,731 20,264 26,656 29,204 33,376 35,462 40,528 53,312 58,408 66,752 70,924 81,056 116,816 124,117 141,848 162,112 233,632 248,234 283,696 467,264 496,468 567,392 992,936 1,134,784 1,985,872 3,971,744 and 7,943,488, with no remainder.

Since 7,943,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,943,488, 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).