Q: Is 6,740,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,740,832 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 6,740,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 49 56 84 96 98 112 147 168 196 224 294 336 392 588 672 784 1,176 1,433 1,568 2,352 2,866 4,299 4,704 5,732 8,598 10,031 11,464 17,196 20,062 22,928 30,093 34,392 40,124 45,856 60,186 68,784 70,217 80,248 120,372 137,568 140,434 160,496 210,651 240,744 280,868 320,992 421,302 481,488 561,736 842,604 962,976 1,123,472 1,685,208 2,246,944 3,370,416 and 6,740,832, with no remainder.

Since 6,740,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,740,832, 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).