Q: Is 6,124,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,124,624 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 6,124,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 16 17 22 23 34 44 46 68 88 89 92 136 176 178 184 187 253 272 356 368 374 391 506 712 748 782 979 1,012 1,424 1,496 1,513 1,564 1,958 2,024 2,047 2,992 3,026 3,128 3,916 4,048 4,094 4,301 6,052 6,256 7,832 8,188 8,602 12,104 15,664 16,376 16,643 17,204 22,517 24,208 32,752 33,286 34,408 34,799 45,034 66,572 68,816 69,598 90,068 133,144 139,196 180,136 266,288 278,392 360,272 382,789 556,784 765,578 1,531,156 3,062,312 and 6,124,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,124,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,124,624, 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).