Q: Is 6,685,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,685,848 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 6,685,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,404 2,381 2,808 4,762 7,143 9,524 14,286 19,048 21,429 28,572 30,953 42,858 57,144 61,906 64,287 85,716 92,859 123,812 128,574 171,432 185,718 247,624 257,148 278,577 371,436 514,296 557,154 742,872 835,731 1,114,308 1,671,462 2,228,616 3,342,924 and 6,685,848, with no remainder.

Since 6,685,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,685,848, 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).