Q: Is 6,738,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,738,732 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 6,738,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 13 14 17 18 21 22 26 28 33 34 36 39 42 44 51 52 63 66 68 77 78 84 91 99 102 117 119 121 126 132 143 153 154 156 182 187 198 204 221 231 234 238 242 252 273 286 306 308 357 363 364 374 396 429 442 462 468 476 484 546 561 572 612 663 693 714 726 748 819 847 858 884 924 1,001 1,071 1,089 1,092 1,122 1,287 1,309 1,326 1,386 1,428 1,452 1,547 1,573 1,638 1,683 1,694 1,716 1,989 2,002 2,057 2,142 2,178 2,244 2,431 2,541 2,574 2,618 2,652 2,772 3,003 3,094 3,146 3,276 3,366 3,388 3,927 3,978 4,004 4,114 4,284 4,356 4,641 4,719 4,862 5,082 5,148 5,236 6,006 6,171 6,188 6,292 6,732 7,293 7,623 7,854 7,956 8,228 9,009 9,282 9,438 9,724 10,164 11,011 11,781 12,012 12,342 13,923 14,157 14,399 14,586 15,246 15,708 17,017 18,018 18,513 18,564 18,876 21,879 22,022 23,562 24,684 26,741 27,846 28,314 28,798 29,172 30,492 33,033 34,034 36,036 37,026 43,197 43,758 44,044 47,124 51,051 53,482 55,692 56,628 57,596 66,066 68,068 74,052 80,223 86,394 87,516 99,099 102,102 106,964 129,591 132,132 153,153 160,446 172,788 187,187 198,198 204,204 240,669 259,182 306,306 320,892 374,374 396,396 481,338 518,364 561,561 612,612 748,748 962,676 1,123,122 1,684,683 2,246,244 3,369,366 and 6,738,732, with no remainder.

Since 6,738,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,738,732, 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).