Q: Is 6,877,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,877,696 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 6,877,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 19 28 32 38 56 64 76 101 112 128 133 152 202 224 256 266 304 404 448 512 532 608 707 808 896 1,064 1,216 1,414 1,616 1,792 1,919 2,128 2,432 2,828 3,232 3,584 3,838 4,256 4,864 5,656 6,464 7,676 8,512 9,728 11,312 12,928 13,433 15,352 17,024 22,624 25,856 26,866 30,704 34,048 45,248 51,712 53,732 61,408 68,096 90,496 107,464 122,816 180,992 214,928 245,632 361,984 429,856 491,264 859,712 982,528 1,719,424 3,438,848 and 6,877,696, with no remainder.

Since 6,877,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,877,696, 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).