Q: Is 6,953,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,953,880 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 6,953,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 120 167 334 347 501 668 694 835 1,002 1,041 1,336 1,388 1,670 1,735 2,004 2,082 2,505 2,776 3,340 3,470 4,008 4,164 5,010 5,205 6,680 6,940 8,328 10,020 10,410 13,880 20,040 20,820 41,640 57,949 115,898 173,847 231,796 289,745 347,694 463,592 579,490 695,388 869,235 1,158,980 1,390,776 1,738,470 2,317,960 3,476,940 and 6,953,880, with no remainder.

Since 6,953,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,953,880, 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).