Q: Is 6,006,792 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,006,792 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 6,006,792 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 22 24 33 44 61 66 88 122 132 183 244 264 366 373 488 671 732 746 1,119 1,342 1,464 1,492 2,013 2,238 2,684 2,984 4,026 4,103 4,476 5,368 8,052 8,206 8,952 12,309 16,104 16,412 22,753 24,618 32,824 45,506 49,236 68,259 91,012 98,472 136,518 182,024 250,283 273,036 500,566 546,072 750,849 1,001,132 1,501,698 2,002,264 3,003,396 and 6,006,792, with no remainder.

Since 6,006,792 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,006,792, 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).