Q: Is 7,258,734 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,258,734 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 7,258,734 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 37 42 54 63 74 81 111 126 162 173 189 222 259 333 346 378 518 519 567 666 777 999 1,038 1,134 1,211 1,554 1,557 1,998 2,331 2,422 2,997 3,114 3,633 4,662 4,671 5,994 6,401 6,993 7,266 9,342 10,899 12,802 13,986 14,013 19,203 20,979 21,798 28,026 32,697 38,406 41,958 44,807 57,609 65,394 89,614 98,091 115,218 134,421 172,827 196,182 268,842 345,654 403,263 518,481 806,526 1,036,962 1,209,789 2,419,578 3,629,367 and 7,258,734, with no remainder.

Since 7,258,734 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,258,734, 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).