Q: Is 7,982,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,982,772 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 7,982,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 29 42 58 84 87 113 116 174 203 226 339 348 406 452 609 678 791 812 841 1,218 1,356 1,582 1,682 2,373 2,436 2,523 3,164 3,277 3,364 4,746 5,046 5,887 6,554 9,492 9,831 10,092 11,774 13,108 17,661 19,662 22,939 23,548 35,322 39,324 45,878 68,817 70,644 91,756 95,033 137,634 190,066 275,268 285,099 380,132 570,198 665,231 1,140,396 1,330,462 1,995,693 2,660,924 3,991,386 and 7,982,772, with no remainder.

Since 7,982,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,982,772, 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).