Q: Is 6,770,142 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,770,142 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 6,770,142 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 46 54 69 79 81 138 158 162 207 237 414 474 529 621 711 1,058 1,242 1,422 1,587 1,817 1,863 2,133 3,174 3,634 3,726 4,266 4,761 5,451 6,399 9,522 10,902 12,798 14,283 16,353 28,566 32,706 41,791 42,849 49,059 83,582 85,698 98,118 125,373 147,177 250,746 294,354 376,119 752,238 1,128,357 2,256,714 3,385,071 and 6,770,142, with no remainder.

Since 6,770,142 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,770,142, 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).