Q: Is 6,201,039 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,201,039 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 6,201,039 can be evenly divided by 1 3 13 17 39 47 51 141 199 221 597 611 663 799 1,833 2,397 2,587 3,383 7,761 9,353 10,149 10,387 28,059 31,161 43,979 121,589 131,937 159,001 364,767 477,003 2,067,013 and 6,201,039, with no remainder.

Since 6,201,039 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,201,039, 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).