Q: Is 6,042,498 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,042,498 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 6,042,498 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 29 33 41 42 58 66 77 82 87 121 123 154 174 203 231 242 246 287 319 363 406 451 462 574 609 638 726 847 861 902 957 1,189 1,218 1,353 1,694 1,722 1,914 2,233 2,378 2,541 2,706 3,157 3,509 3,567 4,466 4,961 5,082 6,314 6,699 7,018 7,134 8,323 9,471 9,922 10,527 13,079 13,398 14,883 16,646 18,942 21,054 24,563 24,969 26,158 29,766 34,727 39,237 49,126 49,938 69,454 73,689 78,474 91,553 104,181 143,869 147,378 183,106 208,362 274,659 287,738 431,607 549,318 863,214 1,007,083 2,014,166 3,021,249 and 6,042,498, with no remainder.

Since 6,042,498 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,042,498, 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).