Q: Is 6,666,870 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,666,870 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 6,666,870 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 53 70 105 106 159 210 265 318 371 530 599 742 795 1,113 1,198 1,590 1,797 1,855 2,226 2,995 3,594 3,710 4,193 5,565 5,990 8,386 8,985 11,130 12,579 17,970 20,965 25,158 31,747 41,930 62,895 63,494 95,241 125,790 158,735 190,482 222,229 317,470 444,458 476,205 666,687 952,410 1,111,145 1,333,374 2,222,290 3,333,435 and 6,666,870, with no remainder.

Since 6,666,870 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,666,870, 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).