Q: Is 6,661,960 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,661,960 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 6,661,960 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 17 20 34 40 68 85 97 101 136 170 194 202 340 388 404 485 505 680 776 808 970 1,010 1,649 1,717 1,940 2,020 3,298 3,434 3,880 4,040 6,596 6,868 8,245 8,585 9,797 13,192 13,736 16,490 17,170 19,594 32,980 34,340 39,188 48,985 65,960 68,680 78,376 97,970 166,549 195,940 333,098 391,880 666,196 832,745 1,332,392 1,665,490 3,330,980 and 6,661,960, with no remainder.

Since 6,661,960 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,661,960, 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).