Q: Is 6,009,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,009,696 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 6,009,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 32 33 36 42 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 96 99 112 126 132 144 154 168 176 198 224 231 252 264 271 288 308 336 352 396 462 504 528 542 616 672 693 792 813 924 1,008 1,056 1,084 1,232 1,386 1,584 1,626 1,848 1,897 2,016 2,168 2,439 2,464 2,772 2,981 3,168 3,252 3,696 3,794 4,336 4,878 5,544 5,691 5,962 6,504 7,392 7,588 8,672 8,943 9,756 11,088 11,382 11,924 13,008 15,176 17,073 17,886 19,512 20,867 22,176 22,764 23,848 26,016 26,829 30,352 34,146 35,772 39,024 41,734 45,528 47,696 53,658 60,704 62,601 68,292 71,544 78,048 83,468 91,056 95,392 107,316 125,202 136,584 143,088 166,936 182,112 187,803 214,632 250,404 273,168 286,176 333,872 375,606 429,264 500,808 546,336 667,744 751,212 858,528 1,001,616 1,502,424 2,003,232 3,004,848 and 6,009,696, with no remainder.

Since 6,009,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,009,696, 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).