Q: Is 6,879,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,879,264 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 6,879,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 29 32 42 48 56 58 84 87 96 112 116 168 174 203 224 232 336 348 353 406 464 609 672 696 706 812 928 1,059 1,218 1,392 1,412 1,624 2,118 2,436 2,471 2,784 2,824 3,248 4,236 4,872 4,942 5,648 6,496 7,413 8,472 9,744 9,884 10,237 11,296 14,826 16,944 19,488 19,768 20,474 29,652 30,711 33,888 39,536 40,948 59,304 61,422 71,659 79,072 81,896 118,608 122,844 143,318 163,792 214,977 237,216 245,688 286,636 327,584 429,954 491,376 573,272 859,908 982,752 1,146,544 1,719,816 2,293,088 3,439,632 and 6,879,264, with no remainder.

Since 6,879,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,879,264, 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).