Q: Is 6,964,704 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,964,704 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 6,964,704 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 48 54 72 81 96 108 144 162 216 288 324 432 648 864 1,296 2,592 2,687 5,374 8,061 10,748 16,122 21,496 24,183 32,244 42,992 48,366 64,488 72,549 85,984 96,732 128,976 145,098 193,464 217,647 257,952 290,196 386,928 435,294 580,392 773,856 870,588 1,160,784 1,741,176 2,321,568 3,482,352 and 6,964,704, with no remainder.

Since 6,964,704 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,964,704, 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).