Q: Is 6,726,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,726,104 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 6,726,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 61 77 88 122 154 179 244 308 358 427 488 616 671 716 854 1,253 1,342 1,432 1,708 1,969 2,506 2,684 3,416 3,938 4,697 5,012 5,368 7,876 9,394 10,024 10,919 13,783 15,752 18,788 21,838 27,566 37,576 43,676 55,132 76,433 87,352 110,264 120,109 152,866 240,218 305,732 480,436 611,464 840,763 960,872 1,681,526 3,363,052 and 6,726,104, with no remainder.

Since 6,726,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,726,104, 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).