Q: Is 6,108,840 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,108,840 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 6,108,840 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 18 20 24 30 36 40 45 60 71 72 90 120 142 180 213 239 284 355 360 426 478 568 639 710 717 852 956 1,065 1,195 1,278 1,420 1,434 1,704 1,912 2,130 2,151 2,390 2,556 2,840 2,868 3,195 3,585 4,260 4,302 4,780 5,112 5,736 6,390 7,170 8,520 8,604 9,560 10,755 12,780 14,340 16,969 17,208 21,510 25,560 28,680 33,938 43,020 50,907 67,876 84,845 86,040 101,814 135,752 152,721 169,690 203,628 254,535 305,442 339,380 407,256 509,070 610,884 678,760 763,605 1,018,140 1,221,768 1,527,210 2,036,280 3,054,420 and 6,108,840, with no remainder.

Since 6,108,840 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,108,840, 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).