Q: Is 6,998,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,998,004 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 6,998,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 19 26 36 38 39 52 57 76 78 114 117 156 171 228 234 247 342 468 494 684 741 787 988 1,482 1,574 2,223 2,361 2,964 3,148 4,446 4,722 7,083 8,892 9,444 10,231 14,166 14,953 20,462 28,332 29,906 30,693 40,924 44,859 59,812 61,386 89,718 92,079 122,772 134,577 179,436 184,158 194,389 269,154 368,316 388,778 538,308 583,167 777,556 1,166,334 1,749,501 2,332,668 3,499,002 and 6,998,004, with no remainder.

Since 6,998,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,998,004, 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).