Q: Is 6,006,204 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,006,204 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 6,006,204 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 19 27 36 38 54 57 76 108 114 171 228 342 513 684 1,026 2,052 2,927 5,854 8,781 11,708 17,562 26,343 35,124 52,686 55,613 79,029 105,372 111,226 158,058 166,839 222,452 316,116 333,678 500,517 667,356 1,001,034 1,501,551 2,002,068 3,003,102 and 6,006,204, with no remainder.

Since 6,006,204 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,006,204, 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).