Q: Is 6,941,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,941,712 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 6,941,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 17 24 34 47 48 51 68 94 102 136 141 181 188 204 272 282 362 376 408 543 564 724 752 799 816 1,086 1,128 1,448 1,598 2,172 2,256 2,397 2,896 3,077 3,196 4,344 4,794 6,154 6,392 8,507 8,688 9,231 9,588 12,308 12,784 17,014 18,462 19,176 24,616 25,521 34,028 36,924 38,352 49,232 51,042 68,056 73,848 102,084 136,112 144,619 147,696 204,168 289,238 408,336 433,857 578,476 867,714 1,156,952 1,735,428 2,313,904 3,470,856 and 6,941,712, with no remainder.

Since 6,941,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,941,712, 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).