Q: Is 6,986,400 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,986,400 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 6,986,400 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 25 30 32 40 41 48 50 60 71 75 80 82 96 100 120 123 142 150 160 164 200 205 213 240 246 284 300 328 355 400 410 426 480 492 568 600 615 656 710 800 820 852 984 1,025 1,065 1,136 1,200 1,230 1,312 1,420 1,640 1,704 1,775 1,968 2,050 2,130 2,272 2,400 2,460 2,840 2,911 3,075 3,280 3,408 3,550 3,936 4,100 4,260 4,920 5,325 5,680 5,822 6,150 6,560 6,816 7,100 8,200 8,520 8,733 9,840 10,650 11,360 11,644 12,300 14,200 14,555 16,400 17,040 17,466 19,680 21,300 23,288 24,600 28,400 29,110 32,800 34,080 34,932 42,600 43,665 46,576 49,200 56,800 58,220 69,864 72,775 85,200 87,330 93,152 98,400 116,440 139,728 145,550 170,400 174,660 218,325 232,880 279,456 291,100 349,320 436,650 465,760 582,200 698,640 873,300 1,164,400 1,397,280 1,746,600 2,328,800 3,493,200 and 6,986,400, with no remainder.

Since 6,986,400 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,986,400, 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).