Q: Is 6,001,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,001,464 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 6,001,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 139 168 257 278 417 514 556 771 834 973 1,028 1,112 1,542 1,668 1,799 1,946 2,056 2,919 3,084 3,336 3,598 3,892 5,397 5,838 6,168 7,196 7,784 10,794 11,676 14,392 21,588 23,352 35,723 43,176 71,446 107,169 142,892 214,338 250,061 285,784 428,676 500,122 750,183 857,352 1,000,244 1,500,366 2,000,488 3,000,732 and 6,001,464, with no remainder.

Since 6,001,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,001,464, 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).