Q: Is 6,774,222 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,774,222 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 6,774,222 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 19 21 26 38 39 42 57 78 91 114 133 182 247 266 273 399 494 546 653 741 798 1,306 1,482 1,729 1,959 3,458 3,918 4,571 5,187 8,489 9,142 10,374 12,407 13,713 16,978 24,814 25,467 27,426 37,221 50,934 59,423 74,442 86,849 118,846 161,291 173,698 178,269 260,547 322,582 356,538 483,873 521,094 967,746 1,129,037 2,258,074 3,387,111 and 6,774,222, with no remainder.

Since 6,774,222 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,774,222, 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).