Q: Is 6,943,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,943,552 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 6,943,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 22 28 32 44 56 64 77 88 112 154 176 224 308 352 448 616 704 1,232 1,409 2,464 2,818 4,928 5,636 9,863 11,272 15,499 19,726 22,544 30,998 39,452 45,088 61,996 78,904 90,176 108,493 123,992 157,808 216,986 247,984 315,616 433,972 495,968 631,232 867,944 991,936 1,735,888 3,471,776 and 6,943,552, with no remainder.

Since 6,943,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,943,552, 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).