Q: Is 6,737,304 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,737,304 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 6,737,304 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 49 51 56 68 84 98 102 119 136 147 168 196 204 238 294 337 357 392 408 476 588 674 714 833 952 1,011 1,176 1,348 1,428 1,666 2,022 2,359 2,499 2,696 2,856 3,332 4,044 4,718 4,998 5,729 6,664 7,077 8,088 9,436 9,996 11,458 14,154 16,513 17,187 18,872 19,992 22,916 28,308 33,026 34,374 40,103 45,832 49,539 56,616 66,052 68,748 80,206 99,078 120,309 132,104 137,496 160,412 198,156 240,618 280,721 320,824 396,312 481,236 561,442 842,163 962,472 1,122,884 1,684,326 2,245,768 3,368,652 and 6,737,304, with no remainder.

Since 6,737,304 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,737,304, 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).