Q: Is 6,167,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,167,232 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 6,167,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 43 48 54 64 72 83 86 96 108 129 144 166 172 192 216 249 258 288 332 344 387 432 498 516 576 664 688 747 774 864 996 1,032 1,161 1,328 1,376 1,494 1,548 1,728 1,992 2,064 2,241 2,322 2,656 2,752 2,988 3,096 3,569 3,984 4,128 4,482 4,644 5,312 5,976 6,192 7,138 7,968 8,256 8,964 9,288 10,707 11,952 12,384 14,276 15,936 17,928 18,576 21,414 23,904 24,768 28,552 32,121 35,856 37,152 42,828 47,808 57,104 64,242 71,712 74,304 85,656 96,363 114,208 128,484 143,424 171,312 192,726 228,416 256,968 342,624 385,452 513,936 685,248 770,904 1,027,872 1,541,808 2,055,744 3,083,616 and 6,167,232, with no remainder.

Since 6,167,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,167,232, 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).