Q: Is 6,121,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,121,136 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 6,121,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 41 43 56 62 82 86 112 124 164 172 217 248 287 301 328 344 434 496 574 602 656 688 868 1,148 1,204 1,271 1,333 1,736 1,763 2,296 2,408 2,542 2,666 3,472 3,526 4,592 4,816 5,084 5,332 7,052 8,897 9,331 10,168 10,664 12,341 14,104 17,794 18,662 20,336 21,328 24,682 28,208 35,588 37,324 49,364 54,653 71,176 74,648 98,728 109,306 142,352 149,296 197,456 218,612 382,571 437,224 765,142 874,448 1,530,284 3,060,568 and 6,121,136, with no remainder.

Since 6,121,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,121,136, 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).