Q: Is 6,040,860 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,040,860 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 6,040,860 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 14 15 19 20 21 28 30 35 38 42 57 60 70 76 84 95 105 114 133 140 190 210 228 266 285 380 399 420 532 570 665 757 798 1,140 1,330 1,514 1,596 1,995 2,271 2,660 3,028 3,785 3,990 4,542 5,299 7,570 7,980 9,084 10,598 11,355 14,383 15,140 15,897 21,196 22,710 26,495 28,766 31,794 43,149 45,420 52,990 57,532 63,588 71,915 79,485 86,298 100,681 105,980 143,830 158,970 172,596 201,362 215,745 287,660 302,043 317,940 402,724 431,490 503,405 604,086 862,980 1,006,810 1,208,172 1,510,215 2,013,620 3,020,430 and 6,040,860, with no remainder.

Since 6,040,860 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,040,860, 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).