Q: Is 6,745,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,745,440 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 6,745,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 13 15 16 20 23 24 26 30 32 39 40 46 47 48 52 60 65 69 78 80 92 94 96 104 115 120 130 138 141 156 160 184 188 195 208 230 235 240 260 276 282 299 312 345 368 376 390 416 460 470 480 520 552 564 598 611 624 690 705 736 752 780 897 920 940 1,040 1,081 1,104 1,128 1,196 1,222 1,248 1,380 1,410 1,495 1,504 1,560 1,794 1,833 1,840 1,880 2,080 2,162 2,208 2,256 2,392 2,444 2,760 2,820 2,990 3,055 3,120 3,243 3,588 3,666 3,680 3,760 4,324 4,485 4,512 4,784 4,888 5,405 5,520 5,640 5,980 6,110 6,240 6,486 7,176 7,332 7,520 8,648 8,970 9,165 9,568 9,776 10,810 11,040 11,280 11,960 12,220 12,972 14,053 14,352 14,664 16,215 17,296 17,940 18,330 19,552 21,620 22,560 23,920 24,440 25,944 28,106 28,704 29,328 32,430 34,592 35,880 36,660 42,159 43,240 47,840 48,880 51,888 56,212 58,656 64,860 70,265 71,760 73,320 84,318 86,480 97,760 103,776 112,424 129,720 140,530 143,520 146,640 168,636 172,960 210,795 224,848 259,440 281,060 293,280 337,272 421,590 449,696 518,880 562,120 674,544 843,180 1,124,240 1,349,088 1,686,360 2,248,480 3,372,720 and 6,745,440, with no remainder.

Since 6,745,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,745,440, 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).