Q: Is 6,046,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,046,416 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 6,046,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 199 211 398 422 597 633 796 844 1,194 1,266 1,592 1,688 1,791 1,899 2,388 2,532 3,184 3,376 3,582 3,798 4,776 5,064 7,164 7,596 9,552 10,128 14,328 15,192 28,656 30,384 41,989 83,978 125,967 167,956 251,934 335,912 377,901 503,868 671,824 755,802 1,007,736 1,511,604 2,015,472 3,023,208 and 6,046,416, with no remainder.

Since 6,046,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,046,416, 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).