Q: Is 6,704,178 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,704,178 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 6,704,178 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 23 26 37 39 46 69 74 78 101 111 138 202 222 299 303 481 598 606 851 897 962 1,313 1,443 1,702 1,794 2,323 2,553 2,626 2,886 3,737 3,939 4,646 5,106 6,969 7,474 7,878 11,063 11,211 13,938 22,126 22,422 30,199 33,189 48,581 60,398 66,378 85,951 90,597 97,162 145,743 171,902 181,194 257,853 291,486 515,706 1,117,363 2,234,726 3,352,089 and 6,704,178, with no remainder.

Since 6,704,178 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,704,178, 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).