Q: Is 6,971,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,971,496 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 6,971,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 51 56 68 84 102 119 136 168 204 238 357 408 476 714 952 1,428 2,441 2,856 4,882 7,323 9,764 14,646 17,087 19,528 29,292 34,174 41,497 51,261 58,584 68,348 82,994 102,522 124,491 136,696 165,988 205,044 248,982 290,479 331,976 410,088 497,964 580,958 871,437 995,928 1,161,916 1,742,874 2,323,832 3,485,748 and 6,971,496, with no remainder.

Since 6,971,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,971,496, 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).