Q: Is 7,202,763 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,202,763 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 7,202,763 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 27 81 243 29,641 88,923 266,769 800,307 2,400,921 and 7,202,763, with no remainder.

Since 7,202,763 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,202,763, 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).