Q: Is 6,118,224 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,118,224 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 6,118,224 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 42 48 56 84 112 131 139 168 262 278 336 393 417 524 556 786 834 917 973 1,048 1,112 1,572 1,668 1,834 1,946 2,096 2,224 2,751 2,919 3,144 3,336 3,668 3,892 5,502 5,838 6,288 6,672 7,336 7,784 11,004 11,676 14,672 15,568 18,209 22,008 23,352 36,418 44,016 46,704 54,627 72,836 109,254 127,463 145,672 218,508 254,926 291,344 382,389 437,016 509,852 764,778 874,032 1,019,704 1,529,556 2,039,408 3,059,112 and 6,118,224, with no remainder.

Since 6,118,224 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,118,224, 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).