Q: Is 6,804,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,804,744 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 6,804,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 37 74 79 97 111 148 158 194 222 237 291 296 316 388 444 474 582 632 776 888 948 1,164 1,896 2,328 2,923 3,589 5,846 7,178 7,663 8,769 10,767 11,692 14,356 15,326 17,538 21,534 22,989 23,384 28,712 30,652 35,076 43,068 45,978 61,304 70,152 86,136 91,956 183,912 283,531 567,062 850,593 1,134,124 1,701,186 2,268,248 3,402,372 and 6,804,744, with no remainder.

Since 6,804,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,804,744, 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).