Q: Is 6,987,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,987,456 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 6,987,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 64 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 192 224 252 288 336 448 504 576 672 1,008 1,344 1,733 2,016 3,466 4,032 5,199 6,932 10,398 12,131 13,864 15,597 20,796 24,262 27,728 31,194 36,393 41,592 48,524 55,456 62,388 72,786 83,184 97,048 109,179 110,912 124,776 145,572 166,368 194,096 218,358 249,552 291,144 332,736 388,192 436,716 499,104 582,288 776,384 873,432 998,208 1,164,576 1,746,864 2,329,152 3,493,728 and 6,987,456, with no remainder.

Since 6,987,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,987,456, 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).