Q: Is 6,216,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,216,000 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 6,216,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 12 14 15 16 20 21 24 25 28 30 32 35 37 40 42 48 50 56 60 64 70 74 75 80 84 96 100 105 111 112 120 125 140 148 150 160 168 175 185 192 200 210 222 224 240 250 259 280 296 300 320 336 350 370 375 400 420 444 448 480 500 518 525 555 560 592 600 672 700 740 750 777 800 840 875 888 925 960 1,000 1,036 1,050 1,110 1,120 1,184 1,200 1,295 1,344 1,400 1,480 1,500 1,554 1,600 1,680 1,750 1,776 1,850 2,000 2,072 2,100 2,220 2,240 2,368 2,400 2,590 2,625 2,775 2,800 2,960 3,000 3,108 3,360 3,500 3,552 3,700 3,885 4,000 4,144 4,200 4,440 4,625 4,800 5,180 5,250 5,550 5,600 5,920 6,000 6,216 6,475 6,720 7,000 7,104 7,400 7,770 8,000 8,288 8,400 8,880 9,250 10,360 10,500 11,100 11,200 11,840 12,000 12,432 12,950 13,875 14,000 14,800 15,540 16,576 16,800 17,760 18,500 19,425 20,720 21,000 22,200 24,000 24,864 25,900 27,750 28,000 29,600 31,080 32,375 33,600 35,520 37,000 38,850 41,440 42,000 44,400 49,728 51,800 55,500 56,000 59,200 62,160 64,750 74,000 77,700 82,880 84,000 88,800 97,125 103,600 111,000 124,320 129,500 148,000 155,400 168,000 177,600 194,250 207,200 222,000 248,640 259,000 296,000 310,800 388,500 414,400 444,000 518,000 621,600 777,000 888,000 1,036,000 1,243,200 1,554,000 2,072,000 3,108,000 and 6,216,000, with no remainder.

Since 6,216,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,216,000, 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).