Q: Is 7,957,824 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,957,824 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 7,957,824 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 31 32 42 48 56 62 64 84 93 96 112 124 168 186 191 192 217 224 248 336 372 382 434 448 496 573 651 672 744 764 868 992 1,146 1,302 1,337 1,344 1,488 1,528 1,736 1,984 2,292 2,604 2,674 2,976 3,056 3,472 4,011 4,584 5,208 5,348 5,921 5,952 6,112 6,944 8,022 9,168 10,416 10,696 11,842 12,224 13,888 16,044 17,763 18,336 20,832 21,392 23,684 32,088 35,526 36,672 41,447 41,664 42,784 47,368 64,176 71,052 82,894 85,568 94,736 124,341 128,352 142,104 165,788 189,472 248,682 256,704 284,208 331,576 378,944 497,364 568,416 663,152 994,728 1,136,832 1,326,304 1,989,456 2,652,608 3,978,912 and 7,957,824, with no remainder.

Since 7,957,824 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,957,824, 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).