Q: Is 6,207,432 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,207,432 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 6,207,432 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 66 77 84 88 132 154 168 231 264 308 462 616 924 1,848 3,359 6,718 10,077 13,436 20,154 23,513 26,872 36,949 40,308 47,026 70,539 73,898 80,616 94,052 110,847 141,078 147,796 188,104 221,694 258,643 282,156 295,592 443,388 517,286 564,312 775,929 886,776 1,034,572 1,551,858 2,069,144 3,103,716 and 6,207,432, with no remainder.

Since 6,207,432 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,207,432, 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).