Q: Is 6,173,928 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,173,928 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 6,173,928 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 72 101 108 202 216 283 303 404 566 606 808 849 909 1,132 1,212 1,698 1,818 2,264 2,424 2,547 2,727 3,396 3,636 5,094 5,454 6,792 7,272 7,641 10,188 10,908 15,282 20,376 21,816 28,583 30,564 57,166 61,128 85,749 114,332 171,498 228,664 257,247 342,996 514,494 685,992 771,741 1,028,988 1,543,482 2,057,976 3,086,964 and 6,173,928, with no remainder.

Since 6,173,928 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,173,928, 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).