Q: Is 6,079,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,079,440 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 6,079,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 73 80 120 146 219 240 292 347 365 438 584 694 730 876 1,041 1,095 1,168 1,388 1,460 1,735 1,752 2,082 2,190 2,776 2,920 3,470 3,504 4,164 4,380 5,205 5,552 5,840 6,940 8,328 8,760 10,410 13,880 16,656 17,520 20,820 25,331 27,760 41,640 50,662 75,993 83,280 101,324 126,655 151,986 202,648 253,310 303,972 379,965 405,296 506,620 607,944 759,930 1,013,240 1,215,888 1,519,860 2,026,480 3,039,720 and 6,079,440, with no remainder.

Since 6,079,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,079,440, 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).