Q: Is 6,869,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,869,520 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 6,869,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 14 15 16 18 20 21 24 28 29 30 35 36 40 42 45 47 48 56 58 60 63 70 72 80 84 87 90 94 105 112 116 120 126 140 141 144 145 168 174 180 188 203 210 232 235 240 252 261 280 282 290 315 329 336 348 360 376 406 420 423 435 464 470 504 522 560 564 580 609 630 658 696 705 720 752 812 840 846 870 940 987 1,008 1,015 1,044 1,128 1,160 1,218 1,260 1,305 1,316 1,363 1,392 1,410 1,624 1,645 1,680 1,692 1,740 1,827 1,880 1,974 2,030 2,088 2,115 2,256 2,320 2,436 2,520 2,610 2,632 2,726 2,820 2,961 3,045 3,248 3,290 3,384 3,480 3,654 3,760 3,948 4,060 4,089 4,176 4,230 4,872 4,935 5,040 5,220 5,264 5,452 5,640 5,922 6,090 6,580 6,768 6,815 6,960 7,308 7,896 8,120 8,178 8,460 9,135 9,541 9,744 9,870 10,440 10,904 11,280 11,844 12,180 12,267 13,160 13,630 14,616 14,805 15,792 16,240 16,356 16,920 18,270 19,082 19,740 20,445 20,880 21,808 23,688 24,360 24,534 26,320 27,260 28,623 29,232 29,610 32,712 33,840 36,540 38,164 39,480 40,890 47,376 47,705 48,720 49,068 54,520 57,246 59,220 61,335 65,424 73,080 76,328 78,960 81,780 85,869 95,410 98,136 109,040 114,492 118,440 122,670 143,115 146,160 152,656 163,560 171,738 190,820 196,272 228,984 236,880 245,340 286,230 327,120 343,476 381,640 429,345 457,968 490,680 572,460 686,952 763,280 858,690 981,360 1,144,920 1,373,904 1,717,380 2,289,840 3,434,760 and 6,869,520, with no remainder.

Since 6,869,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,869,520, 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).