Q: Is 6,729,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,729,480 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 6,729,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 31 36 40 45 54 60 62 67 72 81 90 93 108 120 124 134 135 155 162 180 186 201 216 248 268 270 279 310 324 335 360 372 402 405 465 536 540 558 603 620 648 670 744 804 810 837 930 1,005 1,080 1,116 1,206 1,240 1,340 1,395 1,608 1,620 1,674 1,809 1,860 2,010 2,077 2,232 2,412 2,511 2,680 2,790 3,015 3,240 3,348 3,618 3,720 4,020 4,154 4,185 4,824 5,022 5,427 5,580 6,030 6,231 6,696 7,236 8,040 8,308 8,370 9,045 10,044 10,385 10,854 11,160 12,060 12,462 12,555 14,472 16,616 16,740 18,090 18,693 20,088 20,770 21,708 24,120 24,924 25,110 27,135 31,155 33,480 36,180 37,386 41,540 43,416 49,848 50,220 54,270 56,079 62,310 72,360 74,772 83,080 93,465 100,440 108,540 112,158 124,620 149,544 168,237 186,930 217,080 224,316 249,240 280,395 336,474 373,860 448,632 560,790 672,948 747,720 841,185 1,121,580 1,345,896 1,682,370 2,243,160 3,364,740 and 6,729,480, with no remainder.

Since 6,729,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,729,480, 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).