Q: Is 6,879,558 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,879,558 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 6,879,558 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 14 19 21 37 38 42 57 74 111 114 133 222 233 259 266 399 466 518 699 703 777 798 1,398 1,406 1,554 1,631 2,109 3,262 4,218 4,427 4,893 4,921 8,621 8,854 9,786 9,842 13,281 14,763 17,242 25,863 26,562 29,526 30,989 51,726 60,347 61,978 92,967 120,694 163,799 181,041 185,934 327,598 362,082 491,397 982,794 1,146,593 2,293,186 3,439,779 and 6,879,558, with no remainder.

Since 6,879,558 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,879,558, 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).