Q: Is 7,302,042 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,302,042 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 7,302,042 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 19 22 27 33 38 54 57 66 99 114 171 198 209 297 342 418 513 594 627 647 1,026 1,254 1,294 1,881 1,941 3,762 3,882 5,643 5,823 7,117 11,286 11,646 12,293 14,234 17,469 21,351 24,586 34,938 36,879 42,702 64,053 73,758 110,637 128,106 135,223 192,159 221,274 270,446 331,911 384,318 405,669 663,822 811,338 1,217,007 2,434,014 3,651,021 and 7,302,042, with no remainder.

Since 7,302,042 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,302,042, 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).