Q: Is 6,734,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,734,728 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 6,734,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 29 44 52 56 58 77 88 91 104 116 143 154 182 203 232 286 308 319 364 377 406 572 616 638 728 754 812 841 1,001 1,144 1,276 1,508 1,624 1,682 2,002 2,233 2,552 2,639 3,016 3,364 4,004 4,147 4,466 5,278 5,887 6,728 8,008 8,294 8,932 9,251 10,556 10,933 11,774 16,588 17,864 18,502 21,112 21,866 23,548 29,029 33,176 37,004 43,732 47,096 58,058 64,757 74,008 76,531 87,464 116,116 120,263 129,514 153,062 232,232 240,526 259,028 306,124 481,052 518,056 612,248 841,841 962,104 1,683,682 3,367,364 and 6,734,728, with no remainder.

Since 6,734,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,734,728, 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).