Q: Is 7,974,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,974,720 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 7,974,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 15 16 18 20 24 26 27 30 32 36 39 40 45 48 52 54 60 64 65 71 72 78 80 90 96 104 108 117 120 130 135 142 144 156 160 180 192 195 208 213 216 234 240 260 270 284 288 312 320 351 355 360 390 416 426 432 468 480 520 540 568 576 585 624 639 702 710 720 780 832 852 864 923 936 960 1,040 1,065 1,080 1,136 1,170 1,248 1,278 1,404 1,420 1,440 1,560 1,704 1,728 1,755 1,846 1,872 1,917 2,080 2,130 2,160 2,272 2,340 2,496 2,556 2,769 2,808 2,840 2,880 3,120 3,195 3,408 3,510 3,692 3,744 3,834 4,160 4,260 4,320 4,544 4,615 4,680 5,112 5,538 5,616 5,680 6,240 6,390 6,816 7,020 7,384 7,488 7,668 8,307 8,520 8,640 9,230 9,360 9,585 10,224 11,076 11,232 11,360 12,480 12,780 13,632 13,845 14,040 14,768 15,336 16,614 17,040 18,460 18,720 19,170 20,448 22,152 22,464 22,720 24,921 25,560 27,690 28,080 29,536 30,672 33,228 34,080 36,920 37,440 38,340 40,896 41,535 44,304 49,842 51,120 55,380 56,160 59,072 61,344 66,456 68,160 73,840 76,680 83,070 88,608 99,684 102,240 110,760 112,320 122,688 124,605 132,912 147,680 153,360 166,140 177,216 199,368 204,480 221,520 249,210 265,824 295,360 306,720 332,280 398,736 443,040 498,420 531,648 613,440 664,560 797,472 886,080 996,840 1,329,120 1,594,944 1,993,680 2,658,240 3,987,360 and 7,974,720, with no remainder.

Since 7,974,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,974,720, 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).