Q: Is 6,201,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,201,048 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 6,201,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 49 56 84 98 147 168 196 294 392 588 1,176 5,273 10,546 15,819 21,092 31,638 36,911 42,184 63,276 73,822 110,733 126,552 147,644 221,466 258,377 295,288 442,932 516,754 775,131 885,864 1,033,508 1,550,262 2,067,016 3,100,524 and 6,201,048, with no remainder.

Since 6,201,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,201,048, 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).