Q: Is 6,995,184 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,995,184 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 6,995,184 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 109 112 168 191 218 327 336 382 436 573 654 763 764 872 1,146 1,308 1,337 1,526 1,528 1,744 2,289 2,292 2,616 2,674 3,052 3,056 4,011 4,578 4,584 5,232 5,348 6,104 8,022 9,156 9,168 10,696 12,208 16,044 18,312 20,819 21,392 32,088 36,624 41,638 62,457 64,176 83,276 124,914 145,733 166,552 249,828 291,466 333,104 437,199 499,656 582,932 874,398 999,312 1,165,864 1,748,796 2,331,728 3,497,592 and 6,995,184, with no remainder.

Since 6,995,184 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,995,184, 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).