Q: Is 6,785,424 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,785,424 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 6,785,424 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 54 72 108 113 139 144 216 226 278 339 417 432 452 556 678 834 904 1,017 1,112 1,251 1,356 1,668 1,808 2,034 2,224 2,502 2,712 3,051 3,336 3,753 4,068 5,004 5,424 6,102 6,672 7,506 8,136 10,008 12,204 15,012 15,707 16,272 20,016 24,408 30,024 31,414 47,121 48,816 60,048 62,828 94,242 125,656 141,363 188,484 251,312 282,726 376,968 424,089 565,452 753,936 848,178 1,130,904 1,696,356 2,261,808 3,392,712 and 6,785,424, with no remainder.

Since 6,785,424 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,785,424, 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).