Q: Is 6,159,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,159,216 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 6,159,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 42 46 48 56 69 84 92 112 138 161 168 184 276 322 336 368 483 552 644 797 966 1,104 1,288 1,594 1,932 2,391 2,576 3,188 3,864 4,782 5,579 6,376 7,728 9,564 11,158 12,752 16,737 18,331 19,128 22,316 33,474 36,662 38,256 44,632 54,993 66,948 73,324 89,264 109,986 128,317 133,896 146,648 219,972 256,634 267,792 293,296 384,951 439,944 513,268 769,902 879,888 1,026,536 1,539,804 2,053,072 3,079,608 and 6,159,216, with no remainder.

Since 6,159,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,159,216, 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).