Q: Is 7,206,342 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,206,342 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 7,206,342 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 33 37 39 66 74 78 111 143 222 227 286 407 429 454 481 681 814 858 962 1,221 1,362 1,443 2,442 2,497 2,886 2,951 4,994 5,291 5,902 7,491 8,399 8,853 10,582 14,982 15,873 16,798 17,706 25,197 31,746 32,461 50,394 64,922 92,389 97,383 109,187 184,778 194,766 218,374 277,167 327,561 554,334 655,122 1,201,057 2,402,114 3,603,171 and 7,206,342, with no remainder.

Since 7,206,342 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,206,342, 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).