Q: Is 6,909,786 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,909,786 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 6,909,786 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 13 17 18 26 27 34 39 51 54 78 81 102 117 153 162 193 221 234 306 351 386 442 459 579 663 702 918 1,053 1,158 1,326 1,377 1,737 1,989 2,106 2,509 2,754 3,281 3,474 3,978 5,018 5,211 5,967 6,562 7,527 9,843 10,422 11,934 15,054 15,633 17,901 19,686 22,581 29,529 31,266 35,802 42,653 45,162 59,058 67,743 85,306 88,587 127,959 135,486 177,174 203,229 255,918 265,761 383,877 406,458 531,522 767,754 1,151,631 2,303,262 3,454,893 and 6,909,786, with no remainder.

Since 6,909,786 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,909,786, 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).