Q: Is 6,847,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,847,440 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 6,847,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 103 120 206 240 277 309 412 515 554 618 824 831 1,030 1,108 1,236 1,385 1,545 1,648 1,662 2,060 2,216 2,472 2,770 3,090 3,324 4,120 4,155 4,432 4,944 5,540 6,180 6,648 8,240 8,310 11,080 12,360 13,296 16,620 22,160 24,720 28,531 33,240 57,062 66,480 85,593 114,124 142,655 171,186 228,248 285,310 342,372 427,965 456,496 570,620 684,744 855,930 1,141,240 1,369,488 1,711,860 2,282,480 3,423,720 and 6,847,440, with no remainder.

Since 6,847,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,847,440, 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).