Q: Is 6,872,910 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,872,910 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 6,872,910 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 33 55 59 66 110 118 165 177 295 330 353 354 590 649 706 885 1,059 1,298 1,765 1,770 1,947 2,118 3,245 3,530 3,883 3,894 5,295 6,490 7,766 9,735 10,590 11,649 19,415 19,470 20,827 23,298 38,830 41,654 58,245 62,481 104,135 116,490 124,962 208,270 229,097 312,405 458,194 624,810 687,291 1,145,485 1,374,582 2,290,970 3,436,455 and 6,872,910, with no remainder.

Since 6,872,910 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,872,910, 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).