Q: Is 6,122,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,122,112 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 6,122,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 64 96 107 128 149 192 214 298 321 384 428 447 596 642 856 894 1,192 1,284 1,712 1,788 2,384 2,568 3,424 3,576 4,768 5,136 6,848 7,152 9,536 10,272 13,696 14,304 15,943 19,072 20,544 28,608 31,886 41,088 47,829 57,216 63,772 95,658 127,544 191,316 255,088 382,632 510,176 765,264 1,020,352 1,530,528 2,040,704 3,061,056 and 6,122,112, with no remainder.

Since 6,122,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,122,112, 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).