Q: Is 6,740,058 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,740,058 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 6,740,058 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 13 17 23 26 34 39 46 51 69 78 102 138 169 221 289 299 338 391 442 507 578 598 663 782 867 897 1,014 1,173 1,326 1,734 1,794 2,346 2,873 3,757 3,887 5,083 5,746 6,647 7,514 7,774 8,619 10,166 11,271 11,661 13,294 15,249 17,238 19,941 22,542 23,322 30,498 39,882 48,841 66,079 86,411 97,682 132,158 146,523 172,822 198,237 259,233 293,046 396,474 518,466 1,123,343 2,246,686 3,370,029 and 6,740,058, with no remainder.

Since 6,740,058 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,740,058, 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).