Q: Is 7,202,772 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,202,772 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 7,202,772 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 23 36 46 69 92 138 207 276 414 828 8,699 17,398 26,097 34,796 52,194 78,291 104,388 156,582 200,077 313,164 400,154 600,231 800,308 1,200,462 1,800,693 2,400,924 3,601,386 and 7,202,772, with no remainder.

Since 7,202,772 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,202,772, 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).