Q: Is 6,926,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,926,472 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 6,926,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 126 162 168 189 216 243 252 324 378 486 504 509 567 648 756 972 1,018 1,134 1,512 1,527 1,701 1,944 2,036 2,268 3,054 3,402 3,563 4,072 4,536 4,581 6,108 6,804 7,126 9,162 10,689 12,216 13,608 13,743 14,252 18,324 21,378 27,486 28,504 32,067 36,648 41,229 42,756 54,972 64,134 82,458 85,512 96,201 109,944 123,687 128,268 164,916 192,402 247,374 256,536 288,603 329,832 384,804 494,748 577,206 769,608 865,809 989,496 1,154,412 1,731,618 2,308,824 3,463,236 and 6,926,472, with no remainder.

Since 6,926,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,926,472, 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).