Q: Is 6,948,576 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,948,576 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 6,948,576 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 46 48 69 72 92 96 138 144 184 207 276 288 368 414 552 736 828 1,049 1,104 1,656 2,098 2,208 3,147 3,312 4,196 6,294 6,624 8,392 9,441 12,588 16,784 18,882 24,127 25,176 33,568 37,764 48,254 50,352 72,381 75,528 96,508 100,704 144,762 151,056 193,016 217,143 289,524 302,112 386,032 434,286 579,048 772,064 868,572 1,158,096 1,737,144 2,316,192 3,474,288 and 6,948,576, with no remainder.

Since 6,948,576 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,948,576, 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).