Q: Is 6,972,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,972,192 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 6,972,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 43 48 72 86 96 129 144 172 258 288 344 387 516 563 688 774 1,032 1,126 1,376 1,548 1,689 2,064 2,252 3,096 3,378 4,128 4,504 5,067 6,192 6,756 9,008 10,134 12,384 13,512 18,016 20,268 24,209 27,024 40,536 48,418 54,048 72,627 81,072 96,836 145,254 162,144 193,672 217,881 290,508 387,344 435,762 581,016 774,688 871,524 1,162,032 1,743,048 2,324,064 3,486,096 and 6,972,192, with no remainder.

Since 6,972,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,972,192, 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).