Q: Is 6,687,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,687,240 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 6,687,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 19 20 21 24 28 30 35 38 40 42 56 57 60 70 76 84 95 105 114 120 133 140 152 168 190 210 228 266 280 285 380 399 419 420 456 532 570 665 760 798 838 840 1,064 1,140 1,257 1,330 1,596 1,676 1,995 2,095 2,280 2,514 2,660 2,933 3,192 3,352 3,990 4,190 5,028 5,320 5,866 6,285 7,961 7,980 8,380 8,799 10,056 11,732 12,570 14,665 15,922 15,960 16,760 17,598 23,464 23,883 25,140 29,330 31,844 35,196 39,805 43,995 47,766 50,280 55,727 58,660 63,688 70,392 79,610 87,990 95,532 111,454 117,320 119,415 159,220 167,181 175,980 191,064 222,908 238,830 278,635 318,440 334,362 351,960 445,816 477,660 557,270 668,724 835,905 955,320 1,114,540 1,337,448 1,671,810 2,229,080 3,343,620 and 6,687,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,687,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,687,240, 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).