Q: Is 6,746,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,746,520 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 6,746,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 19 20 22 24 30 33 38 40 44 55 57 60 66 76 88 95 110 114 120 132 152 165 190 209 220 228 264 269 285 330 380 418 440 456 538 570 627 660 760 807 836 1,045 1,076 1,140 1,254 1,320 1,345 1,614 1,672 2,090 2,152 2,280 2,508 2,690 2,959 3,135 3,228 4,035 4,180 5,016 5,111 5,380 5,918 6,270 6,456 8,070 8,360 8,877 10,222 10,760 11,836 12,540 14,795 15,333 16,140 17,754 20,444 23,672 25,080 25,555 29,590 30,666 32,280 35,508 40,888 44,385 51,110 56,221 59,180 61,332 71,016 76,665 88,770 102,220 112,442 118,360 122,664 153,330 168,663 177,540 204,440 224,884 281,105 306,660 337,326 355,080 449,768 562,210 613,320 674,652 843,315 1,124,420 1,349,304 1,686,630 2,248,840 3,373,260 and 6,746,520, with no remainder.

Since 6,746,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,746,520, 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).