Q: Is 6,782,088 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,782,088 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 6,782,088 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 38 57 76 107 114 139 152 214 228 278 321 417 428 456 556 642 834 856 1,112 1,284 1,668 2,033 2,568 2,641 3,336 4,066 5,282 6,099 7,923 8,132 10,564 12,198 14,873 15,846 16,264 21,128 24,396 29,746 31,692 44,619 48,792 59,492 63,384 89,238 118,984 178,476 282,587 356,952 565,174 847,761 1,130,348 1,695,522 2,260,696 3,391,044 and 6,782,088, with no remainder.

Since 6,782,088 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,782,088, 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).