Q: Is 7,506,702 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,506,702 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 7,506,702 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 42 49 54 63 98 126 147 189 294 378 441 882 1,323 2,646 2,837 5,674 8,511 17,022 19,859 25,533 39,718 51,066 59,577 76,599 119,154 139,013 153,198 178,731 278,026 357,462 417,039 536,193 834,078 1,072,386 1,251,117 2,502,234 3,753,351 and 7,506,702, with no remainder.

Since 7,506,702 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,506,702, 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).