Q: Is 6,955,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,955,704 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 6,955,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 28 36 37 42 56 63 72 74 84 111 126 148 168 222 252 259 296 333 373 444 504 518 666 746 777 888 1,036 1,119 1,332 1,492 1,554 2,072 2,238 2,331 2,611 2,664 2,984 3,108 3,357 4,476 4,662 5,222 6,216 6,714 7,833 8,952 9,324 10,444 13,428 13,801 15,666 18,648 20,888 23,499 26,856 27,602 31,332 41,403 46,998 55,204 62,664 82,806 93,996 96,607 110,408 124,209 165,612 187,992 193,214 248,418 289,821 331,224 386,428 496,836 579,642 772,856 869,463 993,672 1,159,284 1,738,926 2,318,568 3,477,852 and 6,955,704, with no remainder.

Since 6,955,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,955,704, 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).