Q: Is 6,887,595 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,887,595 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 6,887,595 can be evenly divided by 1 3 5 11 13 15 19 33 39 55 57 65 95 143 165 169 195 209 247 285 429 507 627 715 741 845 1,045 1,235 1,859 2,145 2,197 2,535 2,717 3,135 3,211 3,705 5,577 6,591 8,151 9,295 9,633 10,985 13,585 16,055 24,167 27,885 32,955 35,321 40,755 41,743 48,165 72,501 105,963 120,835 125,229 176,605 208,715 362,505 459,173 529,815 626,145 1,377,519 2,295,865 and 6,887,595, with no remainder.

Since 6,887,595 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,887,595, 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).