Q: Is 6,746,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,746,240 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 6,746,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 64 80 83 127 128 160 166 254 320 332 415 508 635 640 664 830 1,016 1,270 1,328 1,660 2,032 2,540 2,656 3,320 4,064 5,080 5,312 6,640 8,128 10,160 10,541 10,624 13,280 16,256 20,320 21,082 26,560 40,640 42,164 52,705 53,120 81,280 84,328 105,410 168,656 210,820 337,312 421,640 674,624 843,280 1,349,248 1,686,560 3,373,120 and 6,746,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,746,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,746,240, 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).