Q: Is 7,769,223 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,769,223 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 7,769,223 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 11 21 27 33 37 63 77 99 101 111 189 231 259 297 303 333 407 693 707 777 909 999 1,111 1,221 2,079 2,121 2,331 2,727 2,849 3,333 3,663 3,737 6,363 6,993 7,777 8,547 9,999 10,989 11,211 19,089 23,331 25,641 26,159 29,997 33,633 41,107 69,993 76,923 78,477 100,899 123,321 209,979 235,431 287,749 369,963 706,293 863,247 1,109,889 2,589,741 and 7,769,223, with no remainder.

Since 7,769,223 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,769,223, 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).