Q: Is 6,687,408 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,687,408 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 6,687,408 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 104 112 156 168 182 208 273 312 336 364 546 624 728 1,092 1,456 1,531 2,184 3,062 4,368 4,593 6,124 9,186 10,717 12,248 18,372 19,903 21,434 24,496 32,151 36,744 39,806 42,868 59,709 64,302 73,488 79,612 85,736 119,418 128,604 139,321 159,224 171,472 238,836 257,208 278,642 318,448 417,963 477,672 514,416 557,284 835,926 955,344 1,114,568 1,671,852 2,229,136 3,343,704 and 6,687,408, with no remainder.

Since 6,687,408 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,687,408, 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).