Q: Is 6,936,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,936,480 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 6,936,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 30 32 36 40 45 48 60 72 80 90 96 120 144 160 180 240 288 360 480 720 1,440 4,817 9,634 14,451 19,268 24,085 28,902 38,536 43,353 48,170 57,804 72,255 77,072 86,706 96,340 115,608 144,510 154,144 173,412 192,680 216,765 231,216 289,020 346,824 385,360 433,530 462,432 578,040 693,648 770,720 867,060 1,156,080 1,387,296 1,734,120 2,312,160 3,468,240 and 6,936,480, with no remainder.

Since 6,936,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,936,480, 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).