Q: Is 6,211,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,211,608 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 6,211,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 43 52 78 86 104 129 156 172 258 312 344 463 516 559 926 1,032 1,118 1,389 1,677 1,852 2,236 2,778 3,354 3,704 4,472 5,556 6,019 6,708 11,112 12,038 13,416 18,057 19,909 24,076 36,114 39,818 48,152 59,727 72,228 79,636 119,454 144,456 159,272 238,908 258,817 477,816 517,634 776,451 1,035,268 1,552,902 2,070,536 3,105,804 and 6,211,608, with no remainder.

Since 6,211,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,211,608, 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).