Q: Is 6,637,904 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,637,904 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 6,637,904 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 47 52 56 91 94 97 104 112 182 188 194 208 329 364 376 388 611 658 679 728 752 776 1,222 1,261 1,316 1,358 1,456 1,552 2,444 2,522 2,632 2,716 4,277 4,559 4,888 5,044 5,264 5,432 8,554 8,827 9,118 9,776 10,088 10,864 17,108 17,654 18,236 20,176 31,913 34,216 35,308 36,472 59,267 63,826 68,432 70,616 72,944 118,534 127,652 141,232 237,068 255,304 414,869 474,136 510,608 829,738 948,272 1,659,476 3,318,952 and 6,637,904, with no remainder.

Since 6,637,904 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,637,904, 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).