Q: Is 6,201,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,201,144 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 6,201,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 19 24 27 36 38 54 57 72 76 108 114 152 171 216 228 342 456 513 684 1,026 1,368 1,511 2,052 3,022 4,104 4,533 6,044 9,066 12,088 13,599 18,132 27,198 28,709 36,264 40,797 54,396 57,418 81,594 86,127 108,792 114,836 163,188 172,254 229,672 258,381 326,376 344,508 516,762 689,016 775,143 1,033,524 1,550,286 2,067,048 3,100,572 and 6,201,144, with no remainder.

Since 6,201,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,201,144, 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).