Q: Is 7,997,388 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,997,388 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 7,997,388 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 29 42 49 58 67 84 87 98 116 134 147 174 196 201 203 268 294 343 348 402 406 469 588 609 686 804 812 938 1,029 1,218 1,372 1,407 1,421 1,876 1,943 2,058 2,436 2,814 2,842 3,283 3,886 4,116 4,263 5,628 5,684 5,829 6,566 7,772 8,526 9,849 9,947 11,658 13,132 13,601 17,052 19,698 19,894 22,981 23,316 27,202 29,841 39,396 39,788 40,803 45,962 54,404 59,682 68,943 81,606 91,924 95,207 119,364 137,886 163,212 190,414 275,772 285,621 380,828 571,242 666,449 1,142,484 1,332,898 1,999,347 2,665,796 3,998,694 and 7,997,388, with no remainder.

Since 7,997,388 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,997,388, 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).