Q: Is 6,891,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,891,648 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 6,891,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 128 131 137 192 262 274 384 393 411 524 548 786 822 1,048 1,096 1,572 1,644 2,096 2,192 3,144 3,288 4,192 4,384 6,288 6,576 8,384 8,768 12,576 13,152 16,768 17,536 17,947 25,152 26,304 35,894 50,304 52,608 53,841 71,788 107,682 143,576 215,364 287,152 430,728 574,304 861,456 1,148,608 1,722,912 2,297,216 3,445,824 and 6,891,648, with no remainder.

Since 6,891,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,891,648, 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).