Q: Is 6,689,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,689,040 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 6,689,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 60 80 94 120 141 188 235 240 282 376 470 564 593 705 752 940 1,128 1,186 1,410 1,779 1,880 2,256 2,372 2,820 2,965 3,558 3,760 4,744 5,640 5,930 7,116 8,895 9,488 11,280 11,860 14,232 17,790 23,720 27,871 28,464 35,580 47,440 55,742 71,160 83,613 111,484 139,355 142,320 167,226 222,968 278,710 334,452 418,065 445,936 557,420 668,904 836,130 1,114,840 1,337,808 1,672,260 2,229,680 3,344,520 and 6,689,040, with no remainder.

Since 6,689,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,689,040, 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).