Q: Is 7,122,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,122,792 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 7,122,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 463 641 926 1,282 1,389 1,852 1,923 2,564 2,778 3,704 3,846 5,128 5,556 7,692 11,112 15,384 296,783 593,566 890,349 1,187,132 1,780,698 2,374,264 3,561,396 and 7,122,792, with no remainder.

Since 7,122,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,122,792, 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).