Q: Is 7,386,822 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,386,822 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 7,386,822 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 27 29 53 54 58 87 89 106 159 174 178 261 267 318 477 522 534 783 801 954 1,431 1,537 1,566 1,602 2,403 2,581 2,862 3,074 4,611 4,717 4,806 5,162 7,743 9,222 9,434 13,833 14,151 15,486 23,229 27,666 28,302 41,499 42,453 46,458 69,687 82,998 84,906 127,359 136,793 139,374 254,718 273,586 410,379 820,758 1,231,137 2,462,274 3,693,411 and 7,386,822, with no remainder.

Since 7,386,822 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,386,822, 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).