Q: Is 6,933,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,933,840 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 6,933,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 80 120 167 173 240 334 346 501 519 668 692 835 865 1,002 1,038 1,336 1,384 1,670 1,730 2,004 2,076 2,505 2,595 2,672 2,768 3,340 3,460 4,008 4,152 5,010 5,190 6,680 6,920 8,016 8,304 10,020 10,380 13,360 13,840 20,040 20,760 28,891 40,080 41,520 57,782 86,673 115,564 144,455 173,346 231,128 288,910 346,692 433,365 462,256 577,820 693,384 866,730 1,155,640 1,386,768 1,733,460 2,311,280 3,466,920 and 6,933,840, with no remainder.

Since 6,933,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,933,840, 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).