Q: Is 6,346,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,346,760 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 6,346,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 19 20 28 35 38 40 56 70 76 95 133 140 152 190 266 280 380 532 665 760 1,064 1,193 1,330 2,386 2,660 4,772 5,320 5,965 8,351 9,544 11,930 16,702 22,667 23,860 33,404 41,755 45,334 47,720 66,808 83,510 90,668 113,335 158,669 167,020 181,336 226,670 317,338 334,040 453,340 634,676 793,345 906,680 1,269,352 1,586,690 3,173,380 and 6,346,760, with no remainder.

Since 6,346,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,346,760, 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).