Q: Is 6,959,832 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,959,832 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 6,959,832 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 41 44 66 82 88 123 132 164 246 264 328 451 492 643 902 984 1,286 1,353 1,804 1,929 2,572 2,706 3,608 3,858 5,144 5,412 7,073 7,716 10,824 14,146 15,432 21,219 26,363 28,292 42,438 52,726 56,584 79,089 84,876 105,452 158,178 169,752 210,904 289,993 316,356 579,986 632,712 869,979 1,159,972 1,739,958 2,319,944 3,479,916 and 6,959,832, with no remainder.

Since 6,959,832 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,959,832, 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).