Q: Is 7,142,742 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 7,142,742 is a composite number.

Why is 7,142,742 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 7,142,742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 71 81 138 142 162 207 213 243 414 426 486 621 639 729 1,242 1,278 1,458 1,633 1,863 1,917 2,187 3,266 3,726 3,834 4,374 4,899 5,589 5,751 9,798 11,178 11,502 14,697 16,767 17,253 29,394 33,534 34,506 44,091 50,301 51,759 88,182 100,602 103,518 132,273 155,277 264,546 310,554 396,819 793,638 1,190,457 2,380,914 3,571,371 and 7,142,742, with no remainder.

Since 7,142,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,142,742, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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