Q: Is 6,987,630 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,987,630 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 6,987,630 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 13 15 19 23 26 30 38 39 41 46 57 65 69 78 82 95 114 115 123 130 138 190 195 205 230 246 247 285 299 345 390 410 437 494 533 570 598 615 690 741 779 874 897 943 1,066 1,230 1,235 1,311 1,482 1,495 1,558 1,599 1,794 1,886 2,185 2,337 2,470 2,622 2,665 2,829 2,990 3,198 3,705 3,895 4,370 4,485 4,674 4,715 5,330 5,658 5,681 6,555 7,410 7,790 7,995 8,970 9,430 10,127 11,362 11,685 12,259 13,110 14,145 15,990 17,043 17,917 20,254 23,370 24,518 28,290 28,405 30,381 34,086 35,834 36,777 50,635 53,751 56,810 60,762 61,295 73,554 85,215 89,585 101,270 107,502 122,590 151,905 170,430 179,170 183,885 232,921 268,755 303,810 367,770 465,842 537,510 698,763 1,164,605 1,397,526 2,329,210 3,493,815 and 6,987,630, with no remainder.

Since 6,987,630 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,987,630, 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).