Q: Is 6,673,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,673,368 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 6,673,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 73 78 104 146 156 219 292 293 312 438 584 586 876 879 949 1,172 1,752 1,758 1,898 2,344 2,847 3,516 3,796 3,809 5,694 7,032 7,592 7,618 11,388 11,427 15,236 21,389 22,776 22,854 30,472 42,778 45,708 64,167 85,556 91,416 128,334 171,112 256,668 278,057 513,336 556,114 834,171 1,112,228 1,668,342 2,224,456 3,336,684 and 6,673,368, with no remainder.

Since 6,673,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,673,368, 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).