Q: Is 6,687,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,687,460 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 6,687,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 13 17 20 26 34 52 65 68 85 89 130 170 178 221 260 289 340 356 442 445 578 884 890 1,105 1,156 1,157 1,445 1,513 1,780 2,210 2,314 2,890 3,026 3,757 4,420 4,628 5,780 5,785 6,052 7,514 7,565 11,570 15,028 15,130 18,785 19,669 23,140 25,721 30,260 37,570 39,338 51,442 75,140 78,676 98,345 102,884 128,605 196,690 257,210 334,373 393,380 514,420 668,746 1,337,492 1,671,865 3,343,730 and 6,687,460, with no remainder.

Since 6,687,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,687,460, 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).