Q: Is 6,877,296 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,877,296 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 6,877,296 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 163 293 326 489 586 652 879 978 1,172 1,304 1,467 1,758 1,956 2,344 2,608 2,637 2,934 3,516 3,912 4,688 5,274 5,868 7,032 7,824 10,548 11,736 14,064 21,096 23,472 42,192 47,759 95,518 143,277 191,036 286,554 382,072 429,831 573,108 764,144 859,662 1,146,216 1,719,324 2,292,432 3,438,648 and 6,877,296, with no remainder.

Since 6,877,296 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,877,296, 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).