Q: Is 6,676,620 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,676,620 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 6,676,620 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 10 12 15 20 30 60 223 446 499 669 892 998 1,115 1,338 1,497 1,996 2,230 2,495 2,676 2,994 3,345 4,460 4,990 5,988 6,690 7,485 9,980 13,380 14,970 29,940 111,277 222,554 333,831 445,108 556,385 667,662 1,112,770 1,335,324 1,669,155 2,225,540 3,338,310 and 6,676,620, with no remainder.

Since 6,676,620 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,676,620, 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).