Q: Is 6,470,676 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,470,676 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 6,470,676 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 17 18 34 36 51 68 97 102 109 153 194 204 218 291 306 327 388 436 582 612 654 873 981 1,164 1,308 1,649 1,746 1,853 1,962 3,298 3,492 3,706 3,924 4,947 5,559 6,596 7,412 9,894 10,573 11,118 14,841 16,677 19,788 21,146 22,236 29,682 31,719 33,354 42,292 59,364 63,438 66,708 95,157 126,876 179,741 190,314 359,482 380,628 539,223 718,964 1,078,446 1,617,669 2,156,892 3,235,338 and 6,470,676, with no remainder.

Since 6,470,676 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,470,676, 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).