To determine if 6679 is a prime number or a composite number, we simply look at the factors for 6679.
If the factors of 6679 are only 6679 and 1, then we know that 6679 is a prime number. Otherwise, 6679 is a composite number.
To explain better, if 6679 is only divisible by 1 and 6679, then it is a prime number, and if 6679 is divisible by more than 6679 and 1, then it is a composite number.
The factors of 6679 are as follows:
1, 6679
Therefore, since 6679 is divisible by only one and itself, the answer to the
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