Q: Is 6,824,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,824,888 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 6,824,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 17 28 34 56 67 68 107 119 134 136 214 238 268 428 469 476 536 749 856 938 952 1,139 1,498 1,819 1,876 2,278 2,996 3,638 3,752 4,556 5,992 7,169 7,276 7,973 9,112 12,733 14,338 14,552 15,946 25,466 28,676 31,892 50,183 50,932 57,352 63,784 100,366 101,864 121,873 200,732 243,746 401,464 487,492 853,111 974,984 1,706,222 3,412,444 and 6,824,888, with no remainder.

Since 6,824,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,824,888, 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).