Q: Is 6,201,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,201,168 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 6,201,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 41 46 48 69 82 92 123 137 138 164 184 246 274 276 328 368 411 492 548 552 656 822 943 984 1,096 1,104 1,644 1,886 1,968 2,192 2,829 3,151 3,288 3,772 5,617 5,658 6,302 6,576 7,544 9,453 11,234 11,316 12,604 15,088 16,851 18,906 22,468 22,632 25,208 33,702 37,812 44,936 45,264 50,416 67,404 75,624 89,872 129,191 134,808 151,248 258,382 269,616 387,573 516,764 775,146 1,033,528 1,550,292 2,067,056 3,100,584 and 6,201,168, with no remainder.

Since 6,201,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,201,168, 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).