Q: Is 7,202,916 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,202,916 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 7,202,916 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 63 84 101 126 202 252 283 303 404 566 606 707 849 909 1,132 1,212 1,414 1,698 1,818 1,981 2,121 2,547 2,828 3,396 3,636 3,962 4,242 5,094 5,943 6,363 7,924 8,484 10,188 11,886 12,726 17,829 23,772 25,452 28,583 35,658 57,166 71,316 85,749 114,332 171,498 200,081 257,247 342,996 400,162 514,494 600,243 800,324 1,028,988 1,200,486 1,800,729 2,400,972 3,601,458 and 7,202,916, with no remainder.

Since 7,202,916 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,202,916, 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).