Q: Is 6,676,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,676,040 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 6,676,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 113 140 211 226 280 422 452 565 791 844 904 1,055 1,130 1,477 1,582 1,688 2,110 2,260 2,954 3,164 3,955 4,220 4,520 5,908 6,328 7,385 7,910 8,440 11,816 14,770 15,820 23,843 29,540 31,640 47,686 59,080 95,372 119,215 166,901 190,744 238,430 333,802 476,860 667,604 834,505 953,720 1,335,208 1,669,010 3,338,020 and 6,676,040, with no remainder.

Since 6,676,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,676,040, 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).