Q: Is 6,740,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,740,736 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 6,740,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 67 96 128 131 134 192 201 256 262 268 384 393 402 524 536 768 786 804 1,048 1,072 1,572 1,608 2,096 2,144 3,144 3,216 4,192 4,288 6,288 6,432 8,384 8,576 8,777 12,576 12,864 16,768 17,152 17,554 25,152 25,728 26,331 33,536 35,108 50,304 51,456 52,662 70,216 100,608 105,324 140,432 210,648 280,864 421,296 561,728 842,592 1,123,456 1,685,184 2,246,912 3,370,368 and 6,740,736, with no remainder.

Since 6,740,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,740,736, 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).