Q: Is 6,148,230 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,148,230 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 6,148,230 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 11 15 22 30 31 33 55 62 66 93 110 155 165 186 310 330 341 465 601 682 930 1,023 1,202 1,705 1,803 2,046 3,005 3,410 3,606 5,115 6,010 6,611 9,015 10,230 13,222 18,030 18,631 19,833 33,055 37,262 39,666 55,893 66,110 93,155 99,165 111,786 186,310 198,330 204,941 279,465 409,882 558,930 614,823 1,024,705 1,229,646 2,049,410 3,074,115 and 6,148,230, with no remainder.

Since 6,148,230 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,148,230, 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).