Q: Is 6,875,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,875,928 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 6,875,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 81 108 131 162 216 243 262 324 393 486 524 648 729 786 972 1,048 1,179 1,458 1,572 1,944 2,187 2,358 2,916 3,144 3,537 4,374 4,716 5,832 6,561 7,074 8,748 9,432 10,611 13,122 14,148 17,496 21,222 26,244 28,296 31,833 42,444 52,488 63,666 84,888 95,499 127,332 190,998 254,664 286,497 381,996 572,994 763,992 859,491 1,145,988 1,718,982 2,291,976 3,437,964 and 6,875,928, with no remainder.

Since 6,875,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,875,928, 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).