Q: Is 6,023,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,023,920 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 6,023,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 16 20 28 31 35 40 56 62 70 80 112 124 140 155 217 248 280 310 347 434 496 560 620 694 868 1,085 1,240 1,388 1,735 1,736 2,170 2,429 2,480 2,776 3,470 3,472 4,340 4,858 5,552 6,940 8,680 9,716 10,757 12,145 13,880 17,360 19,432 21,514 24,290 27,760 38,864 43,028 48,580 53,785 75,299 86,056 97,160 107,570 150,598 172,112 194,320 215,140 301,196 376,495 430,280 602,392 752,990 860,560 1,204,784 1,505,980 3,011,960 and 6,023,920, with no remainder.

Since 6,023,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,023,920, 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).