Q: Is 7,658,742 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,658,742 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 7,658,742 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 78 83 91 166 169 182 249 273 338 498 507 546 581 1,014 1,079 1,162 1,183 1,743 2,158 2,197 2,366 3,237 3,486 3,549 4,394 6,474 6,591 7,098 7,553 13,182 14,027 15,106 15,379 22,659 28,054 30,758 42,081 45,318 46,137 84,162 92,274 98,189 182,351 196,378 294,567 364,702 547,053 589,134 1,094,106 1,276,457 2,552,914 3,829,371 and 7,658,742, with no remainder.

Since 7,658,742 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,658,742, 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).