Q: Is 6,740,010 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,740,010 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 6,740,010 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 53 54 81 90 106 135 157 159 162 265 270 314 318 405 471 477 530 785 795 810 942 954 1,413 1,431 1,570 1,590 2,355 2,385 2,826 2,862 4,239 4,293 4,710 4,770 7,065 7,155 8,321 8,478 8,586 12,717 14,130 14,310 16,642 21,195 21,465 24,963 25,434 41,605 42,390 42,930 49,926 63,585 74,889 83,210 124,815 127,170 149,778 224,667 249,630 374,445 449,334 674,001 748,890 1,123,335 1,348,002 2,246,670 3,370,005 and 6,740,010, with no remainder.

Since 6,740,010 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,740,010, 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).