Q: Is 6,846,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,846,320 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 6,846,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 29 40 52 58 65 80 104 116 130 145 208 227 232 260 290 377 454 464 520 580 754 908 1,040 1,135 1,160 1,508 1,816 1,885 2,270 2,320 2,951 3,016 3,632 3,770 4,540 5,902 6,032 6,583 7,540 9,080 11,804 13,166 14,755 15,080 18,160 23,608 26,332 29,510 30,160 32,915 47,216 52,664 59,020 65,830 85,579 105,328 118,040 131,660 171,158 236,080 263,320 342,316 427,895 526,640 684,632 855,790 1,369,264 1,711,580 3,423,160 and 6,846,320, with no remainder.

Since 6,846,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,846,320, 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).