Q: Is 6,216,760 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,216,760 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 6,216,760 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 20 22 40 44 55 71 88 110 142 199 220 284 355 398 440 568 710 781 796 995 1,420 1,562 1,592 1,990 2,189 2,840 3,124 3,905 3,980 4,378 6,248 7,810 7,960 8,756 10,945 14,129 15,620 17,512 21,890 28,258 31,240 43,780 56,516 70,645 87,560 113,032 141,290 155,419 282,580 310,838 565,160 621,676 777,095 1,243,352 1,554,190 3,108,380 and 6,216,760, with no remainder.

Since 6,216,760 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,216,760, 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).