Q: Is 7,994,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,994,952 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 7,994,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 29 36 42 56 58 63 72 84 87 116 126 168 174 203 232 252 261 348 406 504 522 547 609 696 812 1,044 1,094 1,218 1,624 1,641 1,827 2,088 2,188 2,436 3,282 3,654 3,829 4,376 4,872 4,923 6,564 7,308 7,658 9,846 11,487 13,128 14,616 15,316 15,863 19,692 22,974 30,632 31,726 34,461 39,384 45,948 47,589 63,452 68,922 91,896 95,178 111,041 126,904 137,844 142,767 190,356 222,082 275,688 285,534 333,123 380,712 444,164 571,068 666,246 888,328 999,369 1,142,136 1,332,492 1,998,738 2,664,984 3,997,476 and 7,994,952, with no remainder.

Since 7,994,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,994,952, 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).