Q: Is 6,107,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,107,880 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 6,107,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 23 24 30 40 46 60 69 92 115 120 138 184 230 276 345 460 552 690 920 1,380 2,213 2,760 4,426 6,639 8,852 11,065 13,278 17,704 22,130 26,556 33,195 44,260 50,899 53,112 66,390 88,520 101,798 132,780 152,697 203,596 254,495 265,560 305,394 407,192 508,990 610,788 763,485 1,017,980 1,221,576 1,526,970 2,035,960 3,053,940 and 6,107,880, with no remainder.

Since 6,107,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,107,880, 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).