Q: Is 6,977,790 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,977,790 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 6,977,790 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 9 10 15 18 30 31 41 45 61 62 82 90 93 122 123 155 183 186 205 246 279 305 310 366 369 410 465 549 558 610 615 738 915 930 1,098 1,230 1,271 1,395 1,830 1,845 1,891 2,501 2,542 2,745 2,790 3,690 3,782 3,813 5,002 5,490 5,673 6,355 7,503 7,626 9,455 11,346 11,439 12,505 12,710 15,006 17,019 18,910 19,065 22,509 22,878 25,010 28,365 34,038 37,515 38,130 45,018 56,730 57,195 75,030 77,531 85,095 112,545 114,390 155,062 170,190 225,090 232,593 387,655 465,186 697,779 775,310 1,162,965 1,395,558 2,325,930 3,488,895 and 6,977,790, with no remainder.

Since 6,977,790 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,977,790, 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).