Q: Is 6,503,940 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,503,940 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 6,503,940 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 23 30 36 45 46 60 69 90 92 115 138 180 207 230 276 345 414 460 690 828 1,035 1,380 1,571 2,070 3,142 4,140 4,713 6,284 7,855 9,426 14,139 15,710 18,852 23,565 28,278 31,420 36,133 47,130 56,556 70,695 72,266 94,260 108,399 141,390 144,532 180,665 216,798 282,780 325,197 361,330 433,596 541,995 650,394 722,660 1,083,990 1,300,788 1,625,985 2,167,980 3,251,970 and 6,503,940, with no remainder.

Since 6,503,940 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,503,940, 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).