Q: Is 6,015,006 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,015,006 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 6,015,006 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 18 23 27 29 46 54 58 69 87 138 167 174 207 261 334 414 501 522 621 667 783 1,002 1,242 1,334 1,503 1,566 2,001 3,006 3,841 4,002 4,509 4,843 6,003 7,682 9,018 9,686 11,523 12,006 14,529 18,009 23,046 29,058 34,569 36,018 43,587 69,138 87,174 103,707 111,389 130,761 207,414 222,778 261,522 334,167 668,334 1,002,501 2,005,002 3,007,503 and 6,015,006, with no remainder.

Since 6,015,006 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,015,006, 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).