Q: Is 6,784,938 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,784,938 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 6,784,938 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 19 27 34 38 51 54 57 102 114 153 171 306 323 342 389 459 513 646 778 918 969 1,026 1,167 1,938 2,334 2,907 3,501 5,814 6,613 7,002 7,391 8,721 10,503 13,226 14,782 17,442 19,839 21,006 22,173 39,678 44,346 59,517 66,519 119,034 125,647 133,038 178,551 199,557 251,294 357,102 376,941 399,114 753,882 1,130,823 2,261,646 3,392,469 and 6,784,938, with no remainder.

Since 6,784,938 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,784,938, 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).