Q: Is 6,986,640 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,986,640 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 6,986,640 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 43 48 60 80 86 120 129 172 215 240 258 344 430 516 645 677 688 860 1,032 1,290 1,354 1,720 2,031 2,064 2,580 2,708 3,385 3,440 4,062 5,160 5,416 6,770 8,124 10,155 10,320 10,832 13,540 16,248 20,310 27,080 29,111 32,496 40,620 54,160 58,222 81,240 87,333 116,444 145,555 162,480 174,666 232,888 291,110 349,332 436,665 465,776 582,220 698,664 873,330 1,164,440 1,397,328 1,746,660 2,328,880 3,493,320 and 6,986,640, with no remainder.

Since 6,986,640 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,986,640, 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).