Q: Is 6,937,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,937,224 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 6,937,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 49 51 56 68 84 98 102 119 136 147 168 196 204 238 294 347 357 392 408 476 588 694 714 833 952 1,041 1,176 1,388 1,428 1,666 2,082 2,429 2,499 2,776 2,856 3,332 4,164 4,858 4,998 5,899 6,664 7,287 8,328 9,716 9,996 11,798 14,574 17,003 17,697 19,432 19,992 23,596 29,148 34,006 35,394 41,293 47,192 51,009 58,296 68,012 70,788 82,586 102,018 123,879 136,024 141,576 165,172 204,036 247,758 289,051 330,344 408,072 495,516 578,102 867,153 991,032 1,156,204 1,734,306 2,312,408 3,468,612 and 6,937,224, with no remainder.

Since 6,937,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,937,224, 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).