Q: Is 6,920,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,920,144 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 6,920,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 41 44 56 77 82 88 112 137 154 164 176 274 287 308 328 451 548 574 616 656 902 959 1,096 1,148 1,232 1,507 1,804 1,918 2,192 2,296 3,014 3,157 3,608 3,836 4,592 5,617 6,028 6,314 7,216 7,672 10,549 11,234 12,056 12,628 15,344 21,098 22,468 24,112 25,256 39,319 42,196 44,936 50,512 61,787 78,638 84,392 89,872 123,574 157,276 168,784 247,148 314,552 432,509 494,296 629,104 865,018 988,592 1,730,036 3,460,072 and 6,920,144, with no remainder.

Since 6,920,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,920,144, 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).