Q: Is 6,091,740 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,091,740 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 6,091,740 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 12 15 18 20 27 29 30 36 45 54 58 60 87 90 108 116 135 145 174 180 261 270 290 348 389 435 522 540 580 778 783 870 1,044 1,167 1,305 1,556 1,566 1,740 1,945 2,334 2,610 3,132 3,501 3,890 3,915 4,668 5,220 5,835 7,002 7,780 7,830 10,503 11,281 11,670 14,004 15,660 17,505 21,006 22,562 23,340 33,843 35,010 42,012 45,124 52,515 56,405 67,686 70,020 101,529 105,030 112,810 135,372 169,215 203,058 210,060 225,620 304,587 338,430 406,116 507,645 609,174 676,860 1,015,290 1,218,348 1,522,935 2,030,580 3,045,870 and 6,091,740, with no remainder.

Since 6,091,740 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,091,740, 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).