Q: Is 6,488,580 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,488,580 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 6,488,580 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 20 21 28 30 35 42 49 60 70 84 98 105 140 147 196 210 245 294 420 490 588 735 980 1,470 2,207 2,940 4,414 6,621 8,828 11,035 13,242 15,449 22,070 26,484 30,898 33,105 44,140 46,347 61,796 66,210 77,245 92,694 108,143 132,420 154,490 185,388 216,286 231,735 308,980 324,429 432,572 463,470 540,715 648,858 926,940 1,081,430 1,297,716 1,622,145 2,162,860 3,244,290 and 6,488,580, with no remainder.

Since 6,488,580 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,488,580, 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).