Q: Is 6,213,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,213,672 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 6,213,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 43 54 72 81 86 108 129 162 172 216 223 258 324 344 387 446 516 648 669 774 892 1,032 1,161 1,338 1,548 1,784 2,007 2,322 2,676 3,096 3,483 4,014 4,644 5,352 6,021 6,966 8,028 9,288 9,589 12,042 13,932 16,056 18,063 19,178 24,084 27,864 28,767 36,126 38,356 48,168 57,534 72,252 76,712 86,301 115,068 144,504 172,602 230,136 258,903 345,204 517,806 690,408 776,709 1,035,612 1,553,418 2,071,224 3,106,836 and 6,213,672, with no remainder.

Since 6,213,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,213,672, 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).