Q: Is 6,850,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,850,008 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 6,850,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 31 33 36 44 54 62 66 72 81 88 93 99 108 124 132 162 186 198 216 248 264 279 297 324 341 372 396 558 594 648 682 744 792 837 891 961 1,023 1,116 1,188 1,364 1,674 1,782 1,922 2,046 2,232 2,376 2,511 2,728 2,883 3,069 3,348 3,564 3,844 4,092 5,022 5,766 6,138 6,696 7,128 7,688 8,184 8,649 9,207 10,044 10,571 11,532 12,276 17,298 18,414 20,088 21,142 23,064 24,552 25,947 27,621 31,713 34,596 36,828 42,284 51,894 55,242 63,426 69,192 73,656 77,841 84,568 95,139 103,788 110,484 126,852 155,682 190,278 207,576 220,968 253,704 285,417 311,364 380,556 570,834 622,728 761,112 856,251 1,141,668 1,712,502 2,283,336 3,425,004 and 6,850,008, with no remainder.

Since 6,850,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,850,008, 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).