Q: Is 6,892,290 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,892,290 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 6,892,290 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 27 30 45 54 67 81 90 127 134 135 162 201 254 270 335 381 402 405 603 635 670 762 810 1,005 1,143 1,206 1,270 1,809 1,905 2,010 2,286 3,015 3,429 3,618 3,810 5,427 5,715 6,030 6,858 8,509 9,045 10,287 10,854 11,430 17,018 17,145 18,090 20,574 25,527 27,135 34,290 42,545 51,054 51,435 54,270 76,581 85,090 102,870 127,635 153,162 229,743 255,270 382,905 459,486 689,229 765,810 1,148,715 1,378,458 2,297,430 3,446,145 and 6,892,290, with no remainder.

Since 6,892,290 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,892,290, 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).