Q: Is 6,604,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,604,704 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 6,604,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 19 24 32 34 36 38 48 51 57 68 71 72 76 96 102 114 136 142 144 152 153 171 204 213 228 272 284 288 304 306 323 342 408 426 456 544 568 608 612 639 646 684 816 852 912 969 1,136 1,207 1,224 1,278 1,292 1,349 1,368 1,632 1,704 1,824 1,938 2,272 2,414 2,448 2,556 2,584 2,698 2,736 2,907 3,408 3,621 3,876 4,047 4,828 4,896 5,112 5,168 5,396 5,472 5,814 6,816 7,242 7,752 8,094 9,656 10,224 10,336 10,792 10,863 11,628 12,141 14,484 15,504 16,188 19,312 20,448 21,584 21,726 22,933 23,256 24,282 28,968 31,008 32,376 38,624 43,168 43,452 45,866 46,512 48,564 57,936 64,752 68,799 86,904 91,732 93,024 97,128 115,872 129,504 137,598 173,808 183,464 194,256 206,397 275,196 347,616 366,928 388,512 412,794 550,392 733,856 825,588 1,100,784 1,651,176 2,201,568 3,302,352 and 6,604,704, with no remainder.

Since 6,604,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,604,704, 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).