Q: Is 7,194,726 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,194,726 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 7,194,726 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 11 14 18 21 22 29 33 42 58 63 66 77 87 99 126 154 174 179 198 203 231 261 319 358 406 462 522 537 609 638 693 957 1,074 1,218 1,253 1,386 1,611 1,827 1,914 1,969 2,233 2,506 2,871 3,222 3,654 3,759 3,938 4,466 5,191 5,742 5,907 6,699 7,518 10,382 11,277 11,814 13,398 13,783 15,573 17,721 20,097 22,554 27,566 31,146 35,442 36,337 40,194 41,349 46,719 57,101 72,674 82,698 93,438 109,011 114,202 124,047 171,303 218,022 248,094 327,033 342,606 399,707 513,909 654,066 799,414 1,027,818 1,199,121 2,398,242 3,597,363 and 7,194,726, with no remainder.

Since 7,194,726 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,194,726, 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).