Q: Is 6,021,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,021,720 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 6,021,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 43 45 60 72 86 90 120 129 172 180 215 258 344 360 387 389 430 516 645 774 778 860 1,032 1,167 1,290 1,548 1,556 1,720 1,935 1,945 2,334 2,580 3,096 3,112 3,501 3,870 3,890 4,668 5,160 5,835 7,002 7,740 7,780 9,336 11,670 14,004 15,480 15,560 16,727 17,505 23,340 28,008 33,454 35,010 46,680 50,181 66,908 70,020 83,635 100,362 133,816 140,040 150,543 167,270 200,724 250,905 301,086 334,540 401,448 501,810 602,172 669,080 752,715 1,003,620 1,204,344 1,505,430 2,007,240 3,010,860 and 6,021,720, with no remainder.

Since 6,021,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,021,720, 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).