Q: Is 6,202,008 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,202,008 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 6,202,008 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 27 34 36 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 153 162 204 216 306 324 408 459 563 612 648 918 1,126 1,224 1,377 1,689 1,836 2,252 2,754 3,378 3,672 4,504 5,067 5,508 6,756 9,571 10,134 11,016 13,512 15,201 19,142 20,268 28,713 30,402 38,284 40,536 45,603 57,426 60,804 76,568 86,139 91,206 114,852 121,608 172,278 182,412 229,704 258,417 344,556 364,824 516,834 689,112 775,251 1,033,668 1,550,502 2,067,336 3,101,004 and 6,202,008, with no remainder.

Since 6,202,008 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,202,008, 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).