Q: Is 6,795,516 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,795,516 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 6,795,516 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 49 52 78 84 91 98 127 147 156 182 196 254 273 294 343 364 381 508 546 588 637 686 762 889 1,029 1,092 1,274 1,372 1,524 1,651 1,778 1,911 2,058 2,548 2,667 3,302 3,556 3,822 4,116 4,459 4,953 5,334 6,223 6,604 7,644 8,918 9,906 10,668 11,557 12,446 13,377 17,836 18,669 19,812 23,114 24,892 26,754 34,671 37,338 43,561 46,228 53,508 69,342 74,676 80,899 87,122 130,683 138,684 161,798 174,244 242,697 261,366 323,596 485,394 522,732 566,293 970,788 1,132,586 1,698,879 2,265,172 3,397,758 and 6,795,516, with no remainder.

Since 6,795,516 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,795,516, 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).