Q: Is 7,742,826 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,742,826 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 7,742,826 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 29 39 42 58 63 78 87 91 117 126 163 174 182 203 234 261 273 326 377 406 489 522 546 609 754 819 978 1,131 1,141 1,218 1,467 1,638 1,827 2,119 2,262 2,282 2,639 2,934 3,393 3,423 3,654 4,238 4,727 5,278 6,357 6,786 6,846 7,917 9,454 10,269 12,714 14,181 14,833 15,834 19,071 20,538 23,751 28,362 29,666 33,089 38,142 42,543 44,499 47,502 61,451 66,178 85,086 88,998 99,267 122,902 133,497 184,353 198,534 266,994 297,801 368,706 430,157 553,059 595,602 860,314 1,106,118 1,290,471 2,580,942 3,871,413 and 7,742,826, with no remainder.

Since 7,742,826 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,742,826, 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).