Q: Is 702,702 a Composite Number?

Why is 702,702 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 702,702 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 13 14 18 21 22 26 27 33 39 42 54 63 66 77 78 91 99 117 126 143 154 169 182 189 198 231 234 273 286 297 338 351 378 429 462 507 546 594 693 702 819 858 1,001 1,014 1,183 1,287 1,386 1,521 1,638 1,859 2,002 2,079 2,366 2,457 2,574 3,003 3,042 3,549 3,718 3,861 4,158 4,563 4,914 5,577 6,006 7,098 7,722 9,009 9,126 10,647 11,154 13,013 16,731 18,018 21,294 26,026 27,027 31,941 33,462 39,039 50,193 54,054 63,882 78,078 100,386 117,117 234,234 351,351 and 702,702, with no remainder.

Since 702,702 cannot be divided by just 1 and 702,702, 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).