Q: Is 6,789,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,789,024 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 6,789,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 66 72 88 96 99 132 144 176 198 264 288 352 396 528 792 1,056 1,584 2,143 3,168 4,286 6,429 8,572 12,858 17,144 19,287 23,573 25,716 34,288 38,574 47,146 51,432 68,576 70,719 77,148 94,292 102,864 141,438 154,296 188,584 205,728 212,157 282,876 308,592 377,168 424,314 565,752 617,184 754,336 848,628 1,131,504 1,697,256 2,263,008 3,394,512 and 6,789,024, with no remainder.

Since 6,789,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,789,024, 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).