Q: Is 6,843,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,843,096 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 6,843,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 216 234 312 351 468 702 936 1,404 2,437 2,808 4,874 7,311 9,748 14,622 19,496 21,933 29,244 31,681 43,866 58,488 63,362 65,799 87,732 95,043 126,724 131,598 175,464 190,086 253,448 263,196 285,129 380,172 526,392 570,258 760,344 855,387 1,140,516 1,710,774 2,281,032 3,421,548 and 6,843,096, with no remainder.

Since 6,843,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,843,096, 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).