Q: Is 6,507,702 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,507,702 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 6,507,702 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 27 34 51 54 81 102 139 153 162 278 289 306 417 459 578 834 867 918 1,251 1,377 1,734 2,363 2,502 2,601 2,754 3,753 4,726 5,202 7,089 7,506 7,803 11,259 14,178 15,606 21,267 22,518 23,409 40,171 42,534 46,818 63,801 80,342 120,513 127,602 191,403 241,026 361,539 382,806 723,078 1,084,617 2,169,234 3,253,851 and 6,507,702, with no remainder.

Since 6,507,702 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,507,702, 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).