Q: Is 6,979,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,979,560 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 6,979,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 20 21 24 28 30 35 40 42 49 56 60 70 84 98 105 120 140 147 168 196 210 245 280 294 392 420 490 588 735 840 980 1,176 1,187 1,470 1,960 2,374 2,940 3,561 4,748 5,880 5,935 7,122 8,309 9,496 11,870 14,244 16,618 17,805 23,740 24,927 28,488 33,236 35,610 41,545 47,480 49,854 58,163 66,472 71,220 83,090 99,708 116,326 124,635 142,440 166,180 174,489 199,416 232,652 249,270 290,815 332,360 348,978 465,304 498,540 581,630 697,956 872,445 997,080 1,163,260 1,395,912 1,744,890 2,326,520 3,489,780 and 6,979,560, with no remainder.

Since 6,979,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,979,560, 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).