Q: Is 7,268,118 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,268,118 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 7,268,118 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 13 22 26 33 39 43 66 78 86 129 143 197 258 286 394 429 473 559 591 858 946 1,118 1,182 1,419 1,677 2,167 2,561 2,838 3,354 4,334 5,122 6,149 6,501 7,683 8,471 12,298 13,002 15,366 16,942 18,447 25,413 28,171 36,894 50,826 56,342 84,513 93,181 110,123 169,026 186,362 220,246 279,543 330,369 559,086 660,738 1,211,353 2,422,706 3,634,059 and 7,268,118, with no remainder.

Since 7,268,118 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,268,118, 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).