Q: Is 26,242,062 a Composite Number?

Why is 26,242,062 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 26,242,062 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 33 42 66 77 79 154 158 231 237 462 474 553 719 869 1,106 1,438 1,659 1,738 2,157 2,607 3,318 4,314 5,033 5,214 6,083 7,909 10,066 12,166 15,099 15,818 18,249 23,727 30,198 36,498 47,454 55,363 56,801 110,726 113,602 166,089 170,403 332,178 340,806 397,607 624,811 795,214 1,192,821 1,249,622 1,874,433 2,385,642 3,748,866 4,373,677 8,747,354 13,121,031 and 26,242,062, with no remainder.

Since 26,242,062 cannot be divided by just 1 and 26,242,062, 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).