Q: Is 6,863,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,863,880 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 6,863,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 47 60 94 120 141 188 235 282 376 470 564 705 940 1,128 1,217 1,410 1,880 2,434 2,820 3,651 4,868 5,640 6,085 7,302 9,736 12,170 14,604 18,255 24,340 29,208 36,510 48,680 57,199 73,020 114,398 146,040 171,597 228,796 285,995 343,194 457,592 571,990 686,388 857,985 1,143,980 1,372,776 1,715,970 2,287,960 3,431,940 and 6,863,880, with no remainder.

Since 6,863,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,863,880, 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).