Q: Is 7,860,426 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,860,426 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 7,860,426 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 17 21 34 42 51 101 102 109 119 202 218 238 303 327 357 606 654 707 714 763 1,414 1,526 1,717 1,853 2,121 2,289 3,434 3,706 4,242 4,578 5,151 5,559 10,302 11,009 11,118 12,019 12,971 22,018 24,038 25,942 33,027 36,057 38,913 66,054 72,114 77,063 77,826 154,126 187,153 231,189 374,306 462,378 561,459 1,122,918 1,310,071 2,620,142 3,930,213 and 7,860,426, with no remainder.

Since 7,860,426 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,860,426, 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).