Q: Is 6,692,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,692,880 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 6,692,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 79 80 120 158 237 240 316 353 395 474 632 706 790 948 1,059 1,185 1,264 1,412 1,580 1,765 1,896 2,118 2,370 2,824 3,160 3,530 3,792 4,236 4,740 5,295 5,648 6,320 7,060 8,472 9,480 10,590 14,120 16,944 18,960 21,180 27,887 28,240 42,360 55,774 83,661 84,720 111,548 139,435 167,322 223,096 278,870 334,644 418,305 446,192 557,740 669,288 836,610 1,115,480 1,338,576 1,673,220 2,230,960 3,346,440 and 6,692,880, with no remainder.

Since 6,692,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,692,880, 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).