Q: Is 6,948,480 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,948,480 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 6,948,480 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 14 15 16 20 21 22 24 28 30 32 33 35 40 42 44 47 48 55 56 60 64 66 70 77 80 84 88 94 96 105 110 112 120 128 132 140 141 154 160 165 168 176 188 192 210 220 224 231 235 240 264 280 282 308 320 329 330 336 352 376 384 385 420 440 448 462 470 480 517 528 560 564 616 640 658 660 672 704 705 752 770 840 880 896 924 940 960 987 1,034 1,056 1,120 1,128 1,155 1,232 1,316 1,320 1,344 1,408 1,410 1,504 1,540 1,551 1,645 1,680 1,760 1,848 1,880 1,920 1,974 2,068 2,112 2,240 2,256 2,310 2,464 2,585 2,632 2,640 2,688 2,820 3,008 3,080 3,102 3,290 3,360 3,520 3,619 3,696 3,760 3,948 4,136 4,224 4,480 4,512 4,620 4,928 4,935 5,170 5,264 5,280 5,640 6,016 6,160 6,204 6,580 6,720 7,040 7,238 7,392 7,520 7,755 7,896 8,272 9,024 9,240 9,856 9,870 10,340 10,528 10,560 10,857 11,280 12,320 12,408 13,160 13,440 14,476 14,784 15,040 15,510 15,792 16,544 18,048 18,095 18,480 19,740 20,680 21,056 21,120 21,714 22,560 24,640 24,816 26,320 28,952 29,568 30,080 31,020 31,584 33,088 36,190 36,960 39,480 41,360 42,112 43,428 45,120 49,280 49,632 52,640 54,285 57,904 62,040 63,168 66,176 72,380 73,920 78,960 82,720 86,856 90,240 99,264 105,280 108,570 115,808 124,080 126,336 144,760 147,840 157,920 165,440 173,712 198,528 210,560 217,140 231,616 248,160 289,520 315,840 330,880 347,424 434,280 463,232 496,320 579,040 631,680 694,848 868,560 992,640 1,158,080 1,389,696 1,737,120 2,316,160 3,474,240 and 6,948,480, with no remainder.

Since 6,948,480 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,948,480, 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).