Q: Is 6,117,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,117,336 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 6,117,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 108 127 216 223 254 381 446 508 669 762 892 1,016 1,143 1,338 1,524 1,784 2,007 2,286 2,676 3,048 3,429 4,014 4,572 5,352 6,021 6,858 8,028 9,144 12,042 13,716 16,056 24,084 27,432 28,321 48,168 56,642 84,963 113,284 169,926 226,568 254,889 339,852 509,778 679,704 764,667 1,019,556 1,529,334 2,039,112 3,058,668 and 6,117,336, with no remainder.

Since 6,117,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,117,336, 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).