Q: Is 6,001,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,001,776 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 6,001,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 81 88 99 108 132 144 162 176 198 216 264 297 324 396 421 432 528 594 648 792 842 891 1,188 1,263 1,296 1,584 1,684 1,782 2,376 2,526 3,368 3,564 3,789 4,631 4,752 5,052 6,736 7,128 7,578 9,262 10,104 11,367 13,893 14,256 15,156 18,524 20,208 22,734 27,786 30,312 34,101 37,048 41,679 45,468 55,572 60,624 68,202 74,096 83,358 90,936 111,144 125,037 136,404 166,716 181,872 222,288 250,074 272,808 333,432 375,111 500,148 545,616 666,864 750,222 1,000,296 1,500,444 2,000,592 3,000,888 and 6,001,776, with no remainder.

Since 6,001,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,001,776, 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).