Q: Is 7,460,739 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,460,739 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 7,460,739 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 13 17 31 33 39 51 93 99 117 121 143 153 187 221 279 341 363 403 429 527 561 663 1,023 1,089 1,209 1,287 1,573 1,581 1,683 1,989 2,057 2,431 3,069 3,627 3,751 4,433 4,719 4,743 5,797 6,171 6,851 7,293 11,253 13,299 14,157 17,391 18,513 20,553 21,879 26,741 33,759 39,897 48,763 52,173 61,659 63,767 75,361 80,223 146,289 191,301 226,083 240,669 438,867 573,903 678,249 828,971 2,486,913 and 7,460,739, with no remainder.

Since 7,460,739 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,460,739, 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).