Q: Is 6,974,080 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,974,080 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 6,974,080 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 32 34 40 64 68 80 85 128 136 160 170 272 320 340 544 640 641 680 1,088 1,282 1,360 2,176 2,564 2,720 3,205 5,128 5,440 6,410 10,256 10,880 10,897 12,820 20,512 21,794 25,640 41,024 43,588 51,280 54,485 82,048 87,176 102,560 108,970 174,352 205,120 217,940 348,704 410,240 435,880 697,408 871,760 1,394,816 1,743,520 3,487,040 and 6,974,080, with no remainder.

Since 6,974,080 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,974,080, 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).