Q: Is 6,889,104 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,889,104 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 6,889,104 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 37 48 54 72 74 108 111 144 148 216 222 296 333 431 432 444 592 666 862 888 999 1,293 1,332 1,724 1,776 1,998 2,586 2,664 3,448 3,879 3,996 5,172 5,328 6,896 7,758 7,992 10,344 11,637 15,516 15,947 15,984 20,688 23,274 31,032 31,894 46,548 47,841 62,064 63,788 93,096 95,682 127,576 143,523 186,192 191,364 255,152 287,046 382,728 430,569 574,092 765,456 861,138 1,148,184 1,722,276 2,296,368 3,444,552 and 6,889,104, with no remainder.

Since 6,889,104 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,889,104, 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).