Q: Is 6,677,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,677,736 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 6,677,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 17 24 26 34 39 51 52 68 78 102 104 136 156 204 221 312 408 442 663 884 1,259 1,326 1,768 2,518 2,652 3,777 5,036 5,304 7,554 10,072 15,108 16,367 21,403 30,216 32,734 42,806 49,101 64,209 65,468 85,612 98,202 128,418 130,936 171,224 196,404 256,836 278,239 392,808 513,672 556,478 834,717 1,112,956 1,669,434 2,225,912 3,338,868 and 6,677,736, with no remainder.

Since 6,677,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,677,736, 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).