Q: Is 6,564,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,564,960 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 6,564,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 47 48 60 72 80 90 94 96 97 120 141 144 160 180 188 194 235 240 282 288 291 360 376 388 423 470 480 485 564 582 705 720 752 776 846 873 940 970 1,128 1,164 1,410 1,440 1,455 1,504 1,552 1,692 1,746 1,880 1,940 2,115 2,256 2,328 2,820 2,910 3,104 3,384 3,492 3,760 3,880 4,230 4,365 4,512 4,559 4,656 5,640 5,820 6,768 6,984 7,520 7,760 8,460 8,730 9,118 9,312 11,280 11,640 13,536 13,677 13,968 15,520 16,920 17,460 18,236 22,560 22,795 23,280 27,354 27,936 33,840 34,920 36,472 41,031 45,590 46,560 54,708 67,680 68,385 69,840 72,944 82,062 91,180 109,416 136,770 139,680 145,888 164,124 182,360 205,155 218,832 273,540 328,248 364,720 410,310 437,664 547,080 656,496 729,440 820,620 1,094,160 1,312,992 1,641,240 2,188,320 3,282,480 and 6,564,960, with no remainder.

Since 6,564,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,564,960, 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).