Q: Is 6,927,816 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,927,816 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 6,927,816 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 43 49 56 84 86 98 129 137 147 168 172 196 258 274 294 301 344 392 411 516 548 588 602 822 903 959 1,032 1,096 1,176 1,204 1,644 1,806 1,918 2,107 2,408 2,877 3,288 3,612 3,836 4,214 5,754 5,891 6,321 6,713 7,224 7,672 8,428 11,508 11,782 12,642 13,426 16,856 17,673 20,139 23,016 23,564 25,284 26,852 35,346 40,278 41,237 47,128 50,568 53,704 70,692 80,556 82,474 123,711 141,384 161,112 164,948 247,422 288,659 329,896 494,844 577,318 865,977 989,688 1,154,636 1,731,954 2,309,272 3,463,908 and 6,927,816, with no remainder.

Since 6,927,816 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,927,816, 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).