Q: Is 6,962,970 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,962,970 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 6,962,970 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 7 10 14 15 21 30 35 42 70 71 105 142 210 213 355 426 467 497 710 934 994 1,065 1,401 1,491 2,130 2,335 2,485 2,802 2,982 3,269 4,670 4,970 6,538 7,005 7,455 9,807 14,010 14,910 16,345 19,614 32,690 33,157 49,035 66,314 98,070 99,471 165,785 198,942 232,099 331,570 464,198 497,355 696,297 994,710 1,160,495 1,392,594 2,320,990 3,481,485 and 6,962,970, with no remainder.

Since 6,962,970 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,962,970, 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).