Q: Is 6,802,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,802,120 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 6,802,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 20 26 40 52 65 103 104 127 130 206 254 260 412 508 515 520 635 824 1,016 1,030 1,270 1,339 1,651 2,060 2,540 2,678 3,302 4,120 5,080 5,356 6,604 6,695 8,255 10,712 13,081 13,208 13,390 16,510 26,162 26,780 33,020 52,324 53,560 65,405 66,040 104,648 130,810 170,053 261,620 340,106 523,240 680,212 850,265 1,360,424 1,700,530 3,401,060 and 6,802,120, with no remainder.

Since 6,802,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,802,120, 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).