Q: Is 6,059,120 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,059,120 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 6,059,120 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 23 37 40 46 74 80 89 92 115 148 178 184 185 230 296 356 368 370 445 460 592 712 740 851 890 920 1,424 1,480 1,702 1,780 1,840 2,047 2,960 3,293 3,404 3,560 4,094 4,255 6,586 6,808 7,120 8,188 8,510 10,235 13,172 13,616 16,376 16,465 17,020 20,470 26,344 32,752 32,930 34,040 40,940 52,688 65,860 68,080 75,739 81,880 131,720 151,478 163,760 263,440 302,956 378,695 605,912 757,390 1,211,824 1,514,780 3,029,560 and 6,059,120, with no remainder.

Since 6,059,120 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,059,120, 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).