Q: Is 6,907,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,907,520 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 6,907,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 32 40 43 64 80 86 128 160 172 215 251 320 344 430 502 640 688 860 1,004 1,255 1,376 1,720 2,008 2,510 2,752 3,440 4,016 5,020 5,504 6,880 8,032 10,040 10,793 13,760 16,064 20,080 21,586 27,520 32,128 40,160 43,172 53,965 80,320 86,344 107,930 160,640 172,688 215,860 345,376 431,720 690,752 863,440 1,381,504 1,726,880 3,453,760 and 6,907,520, with no remainder.

Since 6,907,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,907,520, 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).