Q: Is 6,961,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,961,472 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 6,961,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 41 56 64 82 112 164 224 287 328 379 448 574 656 758 1,148 1,312 1,516 2,296 2,624 2,653 3,032 4,592 5,306 6,064 9,184 10,612 12,128 15,539 18,368 21,224 24,256 31,078 42,448 62,156 84,896 108,773 124,312 169,792 217,546 248,624 435,092 497,248 870,184 994,496 1,740,368 3,480,736 and 6,961,472, with no remainder.

Since 6,961,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,961,472, 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).