Q: Is 6,985,368 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,985,368 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 6,985,368 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 17 18 24 26 34 36 39 51 52 68 72 78 102 104 117 136 153 156 204 221 234 306 312 408 439 442 468 612 663 878 884 936 1,224 1,317 1,326 1,756 1,768 1,989 2,634 2,652 3,512 3,951 3,978 5,268 5,304 5,707 7,463 7,902 7,956 10,536 11,414 14,926 15,804 15,912 17,121 22,389 22,828 29,852 31,608 34,242 44,778 45,656 51,363 59,704 67,167 68,484 89,556 97,019 102,726 134,334 136,968 179,112 194,038 205,452 268,668 291,057 388,076 410,904 537,336 582,114 776,152 873,171 1,164,228 1,746,342 2,328,456 3,492,684 and 6,985,368, with no remainder.

Since 6,985,368 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,985,368, 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).