Q: Is 6,118,476 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,118,476 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 6,118,476 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 12 13 14 21 26 28 39 42 52 78 84 91 156 169 182 273 338 364 431 507 546 676 862 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,293 1,724 2,028 2,366 2,586 3,017 3,549 4,732 5,172 5,603 6,034 7,098 9,051 11,206 12,068 14,196 16,809 18,102 22,412 33,618 36,204 39,221 67,236 72,839 78,442 117,663 145,678 156,884 218,517 235,326 291,356 437,034 470,652 509,873 874,068 1,019,746 1,529,619 2,039,492 3,059,238 and 6,118,476, with no remainder.

Since 6,118,476 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,118,476, 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).