Q: Is 6,747,246 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,747,246 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 6,747,246 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 27 33 37 54 66 74 99 111 198 222 297 307 333 407 594 614 666 814 921 999 1,221 1,842 1,998 2,442 2,763 3,377 3,663 5,526 6,754 7,326 8,289 10,131 10,989 11,359 16,578 20,262 21,978 22,718 30,393 34,077 60,786 68,154 91,179 102,231 124,949 182,358 204,462 249,898 306,693 374,847 613,386 749,694 1,124,541 2,249,082 3,373,623 and 6,747,246, with no remainder.

Since 6,747,246 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,747,246, 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).