Q: Is 6,817,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,817,176 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 6,817,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 37 54 72 74 108 111 148 216 222 296 333 444 666 853 888 999 1,332 1,706 1,998 2,559 2,664 3,412 3,996 5,118 6,824 7,677 7,992 10,236 15,354 20,472 23,031 30,708 31,561 46,062 61,416 63,122 92,124 94,683 126,244 184,248 189,366 252,488 284,049 378,732 568,098 757,464 852,147 1,136,196 1,704,294 2,272,392 3,408,588 and 6,817,176, with no remainder.

Since 6,817,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,817,176, 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).