Q: Is 7,526,022 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,526,022 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 7,526,022 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 21 29 37 42 58 74 87 111 167 174 203 222 259 334 406 501 518 609 777 1,002 1,073 1,169 1,218 1,554 2,146 2,338 3,219 3,507 4,843 6,179 6,438 7,014 7,511 9,686 12,358 14,529 15,022 18,537 22,533 29,058 33,901 37,074 43,253 45,066 67,802 86,506 101,703 129,759 179,191 203,406 259,518 358,382 537,573 1,075,146 1,254,337 2,508,674 3,763,011 and 7,526,022, with no remainder.

Since 7,526,022 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,526,022, 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).