Q: Is 6,115,520 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,115,520 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 6,115,520 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 29 32 40 58 64 80 116 145 160 232 290 320 464 580 659 928 1,160 1,318 1,856 2,320 2,636 3,295 4,640 5,272 6,590 9,280 10,544 13,180 19,111 21,088 26,360 38,222 42,176 52,720 76,444 95,555 105,440 152,888 191,110 210,880 305,776 382,220 611,552 764,440 1,223,104 1,528,880 3,057,760 and 6,115,520, with no remainder.

Since 6,115,520 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,115,520, 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).