Q: Is 6,738,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,738,336 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 6,738,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 96 99 108 132 144 176 198 216 264 288 297 352 396 432 528 594 709 792 864 1,056 1,188 1,418 1,584 2,127 2,376 2,836 3,168 4,254 4,752 5,672 6,381 7,799 8,508 9,504 11,344 12,762 15,598 17,016 19,143 22,688 23,397 25,524 31,196 34,032 38,286 46,794 51,048 62,392 68,064 70,191 76,572 93,588 102,096 124,784 140,382 153,144 187,176 204,192 210,573 249,568 280,764 306,288 374,352 421,146 561,528 612,576 748,704 842,292 1,123,056 1,684,584 2,246,112 3,369,168 and 6,738,336, with no remainder.

Since 6,738,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,738,336, 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).