Q: Is 6,816,732 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,816,732 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 6,816,732 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 13 26 37 39 52 74 78 111 148 156 222 444 481 962 1,181 1,443 1,924 2,362 2,886 3,543 4,724 5,772 7,086 14,172 15,353 30,706 43,697 46,059 61,412 87,394 92,118 131,091 174,788 184,236 262,182 524,364 568,061 1,136,122 1,704,183 2,272,244 3,408,366 and 6,816,732, with no remainder.

Since 6,816,732 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,816,732, 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).