Q: Is 6,794,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,794,520 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 6,794,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 60 82 120 123 164 205 246 328 410 492 615 820 984 1,230 1,381 1,640 2,460 2,762 4,143 4,920 5,524 6,905 8,286 11,048 13,810 16,572 20,715 27,620 33,144 41,430 55,240 56,621 82,860 113,242 165,720 169,863 226,484 283,105 339,726 452,968 566,210 679,452 849,315 1,132,420 1,358,904 1,698,630 2,264,840 3,397,260 and 6,794,520, with no remainder.

Since 6,794,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,794,520, 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).