Q: Is 6,770,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,770,736 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 6,770,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 756 1,008 1,512 2,239 3,024 4,478 6,717 8,956 13,434 15,673 17,912 20,151 26,868 31,346 35,824 40,302 47,019 53,736 60,453 62,692 80,604 94,038 107,472 120,906 125,384 141,057 161,208 188,076 241,812 250,768 282,114 322,416 376,152 423,171 483,624 564,228 752,304 846,342 967,248 1,128,456 1,692,684 2,256,912 3,385,368 and 6,770,736, with no remainder.

Since 6,770,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,770,736, 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).