Q: Is 6,730,317 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,730,317 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 6,730,317 can be evenly divided by 1 3 9 11 17 27 31 33 43 51 93 99 129 153 187 279 297 341 387 459 473 527 561 731 837 1,023 1,161 1,333 1,419 1,581 1,683 2,193 3,069 3,999 4,257 4,743 5,049 5,797 6,579 8,041 9,207 11,997 12,771 14,229 14,663 17,391 19,737 22,661 24,123 35,991 43,989 52,173 67,983 72,369 131,967 156,519 203,949 217,107 249,271 395,901 611,847 747,813 2,243,439 and 6,730,317, with no remainder.

Since 6,730,317 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,730,317, 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).