Q: Is 6,965,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,965,080 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 6,965,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 31 40 41 62 82 124 137 155 164 205 248 274 310 328 410 548 620 685 820 1,096 1,240 1,271 1,370 1,640 2,542 2,740 4,247 5,084 5,480 5,617 6,355 8,494 10,168 11,234 12,710 16,988 21,235 22,468 25,420 28,085 33,976 42,470 44,936 50,840 56,170 84,940 112,340 169,880 174,127 224,680 348,254 696,508 870,635 1,393,016 1,741,270 3,482,540 and 6,965,080, with no remainder.

Since 6,965,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,965,080, 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).