Q: Is 6,072,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,072,948 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 6,072,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 27 28 29 36 42 54 58 63 84 87 108 116 126 174 189 203 252 261 277 348 378 406 522 554 609 756 783 812 831 1,044 1,108 1,218 1,566 1,662 1,827 1,939 2,436 2,493 3,132 3,324 3,654 3,878 4,986 5,481 5,817 7,308 7,479 7,756 8,033 9,972 10,962 11,634 14,958 16,066 17,451 21,924 23,268 24,099 29,916 32,132 34,902 48,198 52,353 56,231 69,804 72,297 96,396 104,706 112,462 144,594 168,693 209,412 216,891 224,924 289,188 337,386 433,782 506,079 674,772 867,564 1,012,158 1,518,237 2,024,316 3,036,474 and 6,072,948, with no remainder.

Since 6,072,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,072,948, 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).