Q: Is 6,999,498 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,999,498 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 6,999,498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 18 22 23 29 33 46 53 58 66 69 87 99 106 138 159 174 198 207 253 261 318 319 414 477 506 522 583 638 667 759 954 957 1,166 1,219 1,334 1,518 1,537 1,749 1,914 2,001 2,277 2,438 2,871 3,074 3,498 3,657 4,002 4,554 4,611 5,247 5,742 6,003 7,314 7,337 9,222 10,494 10,971 12,006 13,409 13,833 14,674 16,907 21,942 22,011 26,818 27,666 33,814 35,351 40,227 44,022 50,721 66,033 70,702 80,454 101,442 106,053 120,681 132,066 152,163 212,106 241,362 304,326 318,159 388,861 636,318 777,722 1,166,583 2,333,166 3,499,749 and 6,999,498, with no remainder.

Since 6,999,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,999,498, 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).