Q: Is 7,979,868 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,979,868 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 7,979,868 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 59 68 78 102 117 118 153 156 177 204 221 234 236 289 306 354 442 468 531 578 612 663 708 767 867 884 1,003 1,062 1,156 1,326 1,534 1,734 1,989 2,006 2,124 2,301 2,601 2,652 3,009 3,068 3,468 3,757 3,978 4,012 4,602 5,202 6,018 6,903 7,514 7,956 9,027 9,204 10,404 11,271 12,036 13,039 13,806 15,028 17,051 18,054 22,542 26,078 27,612 33,813 34,102 36,108 39,117 45,084 51,153 52,156 67,626 68,204 78,234 102,306 117,351 135,252 153,459 156,468 204,612 221,663 234,702 306,918 443,326 469,404 613,836 664,989 886,652 1,329,978 1,994,967 2,659,956 3,989,934 and 7,979,868, with no remainder.

Since 7,979,868 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,979,868, 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).