Q: Is 6,222,440 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,222,440 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 6,222,440 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 14 20 28 35 40 56 70 71 140 142 280 284 313 355 497 568 626 710 994 1,252 1,420 1,565 1,988 2,191 2,485 2,504 2,840 3,130 3,976 4,382 4,970 6,260 8,764 9,940 10,955 12,520 17,528 19,880 21,910 22,223 43,820 44,446 87,640 88,892 111,115 155,561 177,784 222,230 311,122 444,460 622,244 777,805 888,920 1,244,488 1,555,610 3,111,220 and 6,222,440, with no remainder.

Since 6,222,440 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,222,440, 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).