Q: Is 6,117,972 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,117,972 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 6,117,972 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 14 21 28 42 84 173 346 421 519 692 842 1,038 1,211 1,263 1,684 2,076 2,422 2,526 2,947 3,633 4,844 5,052 5,894 7,266 8,841 11,788 14,532 17,682 35,364 72,833 145,666 218,499 291,332 436,998 509,831 873,996 1,019,662 1,529,493 2,039,324 3,058,986 and 6,117,972, with no remainder.

Since 6,117,972 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,117,972, 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).