Q: Is 6,740,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,740,888 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 6,740,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 31 44 56 62 77 88 124 154 217 248 308 341 353 434 616 682 706 868 1,364 1,412 1,736 2,387 2,471 2,728 2,824 3,883 4,774 4,942 7,766 9,548 9,884 10,943 15,532 19,096 19,768 21,886 27,181 31,064 43,772 54,362 76,601 87,544 108,724 120,373 153,202 217,448 240,746 306,404 481,492 612,808 842,611 962,984 1,685,222 3,370,444 and 6,740,888, with no remainder.

Since 6,740,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,740,888, 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).