Q: Is 6,936,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,936,840 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 6,936,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 27 30 36 40 45 54 60 72 81 90 108 120 135 162 180 216 270 324 360 405 540 648 810 1,080 1,620 2,141 3,240 4,282 6,423 8,564 10,705 12,846 17,128 19,269 21,410 25,692 32,115 38,538 42,820 51,384 57,807 64,230 77,076 85,640 96,345 115,614 128,460 154,152 173,421 192,690 231,228 256,920 289,035 346,842 385,380 462,456 578,070 693,684 770,760 867,105 1,156,140 1,387,368 1,734,210 2,312,280 3,468,420 and 6,936,840, with no remainder.

Since 6,936,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,936,840, 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).