Q: Is 6,846,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,846,960 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 6,846,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 47 48 60 80 94 120 141 188 235 240 282 376 470 564 607 705 752 940 1,128 1,214 1,410 1,821 1,880 2,256 2,428 2,820 3,035 3,642 3,760 4,856 5,640 6,070 7,284 9,105 9,712 11,280 12,140 14,568 18,210 24,280 28,529 29,136 36,420 48,560 57,058 72,840 85,587 114,116 142,645 145,680 171,174 228,232 285,290 342,348 427,935 456,464 570,580 684,696 855,870 1,141,160 1,369,392 1,711,740 2,282,320 3,423,480 and 6,846,960, with no remainder.

Since 6,846,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,846,960, 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).