Q: Is 7,949,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,949,376 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 7,949,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 37 48 64 72 74 96 111 144 148 192 222 288 296 333 373 444 576 592 666 746 888 1,119 1,184 1,332 1,492 1,776 2,238 2,368 2,664 2,984 3,357 3,552 4,476 5,328 5,968 6,714 7,104 8,952 10,656 11,936 13,428 13,801 17,904 21,312 23,872 26,856 27,602 35,808 41,403 53,712 55,204 71,616 82,806 107,424 110,408 124,209 165,612 214,848 220,816 248,418 331,224 441,632 496,836 662,448 883,264 993,672 1,324,896 1,987,344 2,649,792 3,974,688 and 7,949,376, with no remainder.

Since 7,949,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,949,376, 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).