Q: Is 6,707,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,707,712 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 6,707,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 256 264 352 384 397 512 528 704 768 794 1,056 1,191 1,408 1,536 1,588 2,112 2,382 2,816 3,176 4,224 4,367 4,764 5,632 6,352 8,448 8,734 9,528 12,704 13,101 16,896 17,468 19,056 25,408 26,202 34,936 38,112 50,816 52,404 69,872 76,224 101,632 104,808 139,744 152,448 203,264 209,616 279,488 304,896 419,232 558,976 609,792 838,464 1,117,952 1,676,928 2,235,904 3,353,856 and 6,707,712, with no remainder.

Since 6,707,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,707,712, 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).