Q: Is 6,788,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,788,520 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 6,788,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 72 90 109 120 173 180 218 327 346 360 436 519 545 654 692 865 872 981 1,038 1,090 1,308 1,384 1,557 1,635 1,730 1,962 2,076 2,180 2,595 2,616 3,114 3,270 3,460 3,924 4,152 4,360 4,905 5,190 6,228 6,540 6,920 7,785 7,848 9,810 10,380 12,456 13,080 15,570 18,857 19,620 20,760 31,140 37,714 39,240 56,571 62,280 75,428 94,285 113,142 150,856 169,713 188,570 226,284 282,855 339,426 377,140 452,568 565,710 678,852 754,280 848,565 1,131,420 1,357,704 1,697,130 2,262,840 3,394,260 and 6,788,520, with no remainder.

Since 6,788,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,788,520, 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).