Q: Is 7,202,682 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,202,682 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 7,202,682 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 54 81 162 173 257 346 514 519 771 1,038 1,542 1,557 2,313 3,114 4,626 4,671 6,939 9,342 13,878 14,013 20,817 28,026 41,634 44,461 88,922 133,383 266,766 400,149 800,298 1,200,447 2,400,894 3,601,341 and 7,202,682, with no remainder.

Since 7,202,682 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,202,682, 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).