Q: Is 6,729,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,729,576 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 6,729,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 41 42 56 82 84 123 164 168 246 287 328 492 574 861 977 984 1,148 1,722 1,954 2,296 2,931 3,444 3,908 5,862 6,839 6,888 7,816 11,724 13,678 20,517 23,448 27,356 40,057 41,034 54,712 80,114 82,068 120,171 160,228 164,136 240,342 280,399 320,456 480,684 560,798 841,197 961,368 1,121,596 1,682,394 2,243,192 3,364,788 and 6,729,576, with no remainder.

Since 6,729,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,729,576, 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).