Q: Is 7,966,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,966,224 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 7,966,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 49 56 63 72 84 98 112 126 144 147 168 196 252 294 336 392 441 504 588 784 882 1,008 1,129 1,176 1,764 2,258 2,352 3,387 3,528 4,516 6,774 7,056 7,903 9,032 10,161 13,548 15,806 18,064 20,322 23,709 27,096 31,612 40,644 47,418 54,192 55,321 63,224 71,127 81,288 94,836 110,642 126,448 142,254 162,576 165,963 189,672 221,284 284,508 331,926 379,344 442,568 497,889 569,016 663,852 885,136 995,778 1,138,032 1,327,704 1,991,556 2,655,408 3,983,112 and 7,966,224, with no remainder.

Since 7,966,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,966,224, 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).