Q: Is 7,207,398 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,207,398 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 7,207,398 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 33 66 89 99 178 198 267 409 534 801 818 979 1,227 1,602 1,958 2,454 2,937 3,681 4,499 5,874 7,362 8,811 8,998 13,497 17,622 26,994 36,401 40,491 72,802 80,982 109,203 218,406 327,609 400,411 655,218 800,822 1,201,233 2,402,466 3,603,699 and 7,207,398, with no remainder.

Since 7,207,398 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,207,398, 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).