Q: Is 6,963,138 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,963,138 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 6,963,138 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 13 14 18 21 26 27 39 42 54 63 78 91 109 117 126 169 182 189 218 234 273 327 338 351 378 507 546 654 702 763 819 981 1,014 1,183 1,417 1,521 1,526 1,638 1,962 2,289 2,366 2,457 2,834 2,943 3,042 3,549 4,251 4,563 4,578 4,914 5,886 6,867 7,098 8,502 9,126 9,919 10,647 12,753 13,734 18,421 19,838 20,601 21,294 25,506 29,757 31,941 36,842 38,259 41,202 55,263 59,514 63,882 76,518 89,271 110,526 128,947 165,789 178,542 257,894 267,813 331,578 386,841 497,367 535,626 773,682 994,734 1,160,523 2,321,046 3,481,569 and 6,963,138, with no remainder.

Since 6,963,138 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,963,138, 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).