Q: Is 6,800,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,800,136 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 6,800,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 51 56 68 84 102 119 136 168 204 238 357 408 476 714 952 1,428 2,381 2,856 4,762 7,143 9,524 14,286 16,667 19,048 28,572 33,334 40,477 50,001 57,144 66,668 80,954 100,002 121,431 133,336 161,908 200,004 242,862 283,339 323,816 400,008 485,724 566,678 850,017 971,448 1,133,356 1,700,034 2,266,712 3,400,068 and 6,800,136, with no remainder.

Since 6,800,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,800,136, 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).