Q: Is 6,683,976 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,683,976 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 6,683,976 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 36 37 39 52 72 74 78 104 111 117 148 156 193 222 234 296 312 333 386 444 468 481 579 666 772 888 936 962 1,158 1,332 1,443 1,544 1,737 1,924 2,316 2,509 2,664 2,886 3,474 3,848 4,329 4,632 5,018 5,772 6,948 7,141 7,527 8,658 10,036 11,544 13,896 14,282 15,054 17,316 20,072 21,423 22,581 28,564 30,108 34,632 42,846 45,162 57,128 60,216 64,269 85,692 90,324 92,833 128,538 171,384 180,648 185,666 257,076 278,499 371,332 514,152 556,998 742,664 835,497 1,113,996 1,670,994 2,227,992 3,341,988 and 6,683,976, with no remainder.

Since 6,683,976 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,683,976, 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).