Q: Is 6,727,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,727,784 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 6,727,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 37 56 68 74 119 136 148 191 238 259 296 382 476 518 629 764 952 1,036 1,258 1,337 1,528 2,072 2,516 2,674 3,247 4,403 5,032 5,348 6,494 7,067 8,806 10,696 12,988 14,134 17,612 22,729 25,976 28,268 35,224 45,458 49,469 56,536 90,916 98,938 120,139 181,832 197,876 240,278 395,752 480,556 840,973 961,112 1,681,946 3,363,892 and 6,727,784, with no remainder.

Since 6,727,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,727,784, 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).