Q: Is 7,374,822 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,374,822 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 7,374,822 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 91 169 182 273 338 507 546 1,014 1,039 1,183 2,078 2,366 3,117 3,549 6,234 7,098 7,273 13,507 14,546 21,819 27,014 40,521 43,638 81,042 94,549 175,591 189,098 283,647 351,182 526,773 567,294 1,053,546 1,229,137 2,458,274 3,687,411 and 7,374,822, with no remainder.

Since 7,374,822 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,374,822, 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).