Q: Is 6,212,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,212,240 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 6,212,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 19 20 38 40 61 67 76 80 95 122 134 152 190 244 268 304 305 335 380 488 536 610 670 760 976 1,072 1,159 1,220 1,273 1,340 1,520 2,318 2,440 2,546 2,680 4,087 4,636 4,880 5,092 5,360 5,795 6,365 8,174 9,272 10,184 11,590 12,730 16,348 18,544 20,368 20,435 23,180 25,460 32,696 40,870 46,360 50,920 65,392 77,653 81,740 92,720 101,840 155,306 163,480 310,612 326,960 388,265 621,224 776,530 1,242,448 1,553,060 3,106,120 and 6,212,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,212,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,212,240, 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).