Q: Is 6,211,488 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,211,488 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 6,211,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 24 32 48 89 96 178 267 356 534 712 727 1,068 1,424 1,454 2,136 2,181 2,848 2,908 4,272 4,362 5,816 8,544 8,724 11,632 17,448 23,264 34,896 64,703 69,792 129,406 194,109 258,812 388,218 517,624 776,436 1,035,248 1,552,872 2,070,496 3,105,744 and 6,211,488, with no remainder.

Since 6,211,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,211,488, 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).