Q: Is 6,106,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,106,008 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 6,106,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 29 31 58 62 87 93 116 124 174 186 232 248 283 348 372 566 696 744 849 899 1,132 1,698 1,798 2,264 2,697 3,396 3,596 5,394 6,792 7,192 8,207 8,773 10,788 16,414 17,546 21,576 24,621 26,319 32,828 35,092 49,242 52,638 65,656 70,184 98,484 105,276 196,968 210,552 254,417 508,834 763,251 1,017,668 1,526,502 2,035,336 3,053,004 and 6,106,008, with no remainder.

Since 6,106,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,106,008, 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).