Q: Is 6,879,054 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,879,054 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 6,879,054 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 13 14 21 26 39 42 43 78 86 91 129 182 258 273 293 301 546 559 586 602 879 903 1,118 1,677 1,758 1,806 2,051 3,354 3,809 3,913 4,102 6,153 7,618 7,826 11,427 11,739 12,306 12,599 22,854 23,478 25,198 26,663 37,797 53,326 75,594 79,989 88,193 159,978 163,787 176,386 264,579 327,574 491,361 529,158 982,722 1,146,509 2,293,018 3,439,527 and 6,879,054, with no remainder.

Since 6,879,054 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,879,054, 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).