Q: Is 6,165,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,165,016 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 6,165,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 11 13 17 22 26 34 44 52 68 88 104 136 143 187 221 286 317 374 442 572 634 748 884 1,144 1,268 1,496 1,768 2,431 2,536 3,487 4,121 4,862 5,389 6,974 8,242 9,724 10,778 13,948 16,484 19,448 21,556 27,896 32,968 43,112 45,331 59,279 70,057 90,662 118,558 140,114 181,324 237,116 280,228 362,648 474,232 560,456 770,627 1,541,254 3,082,508 and 6,165,016, with no remainder.

Since 6,165,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,165,016, 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).