Q: Is 6,007,872 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,007,872 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 6,007,872 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 29 32 39 48 52 58 64 78 83 87 96 104 116 156 166 174 192 208 232 249 312 332 348 377 416 464 498 624 664 696 754 832 928 996 1,079 1,131 1,248 1,328 1,392 1,508 1,856 1,992 2,158 2,262 2,407 2,496 2,656 2,784 3,016 3,237 3,984 4,316 4,524 4,814 5,312 5,568 6,032 6,474 7,221 7,968 8,632 9,048 9,628 12,064 12,948 14,442 15,936 17,264 18,096 19,256 24,128 25,896 28,884 31,291 34,528 36,192 38,512 51,792 57,768 62,582 69,056 72,384 77,024 93,873 103,584 115,536 125,164 154,048 187,746 207,168 231,072 250,328 375,492 462,144 500,656 750,984 1,001,312 1,501,968 2,002,624 3,003,936 and 6,007,872, with no remainder.

Since 6,007,872 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,007,872, 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).