Q: Is 6,873,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,873,216 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 6,873,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 64 84 96 112 128 168 192 224 336 384 448 672 896 1,344 2,557 2,688 5,114 7,671 10,228 15,342 17,899 20,456 30,684 35,798 40,912 53,697 61,368 71,596 81,824 107,394 122,736 143,192 163,648 214,788 245,472 286,384 327,296 429,576 490,944 572,768 859,152 981,888 1,145,536 1,718,304 2,291,072 3,436,608 and 6,873,216, with no remainder.

Since 6,873,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,873,216, 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).