Q: Is 6,224,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,224,240 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 6,224,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 11 16 20 22 40 44 55 80 88 110 121 176 220 242 440 484 605 643 880 968 1,210 1,286 1,936 2,420 2,572 3,215 4,840 5,144 6,430 7,073 9,680 10,288 12,860 14,146 25,720 28,292 35,365 51,440 56,584 70,730 77,803 113,168 141,460 155,606 282,920 311,212 389,015 565,840 622,424 778,030 1,244,848 1,556,060 3,112,120 and 6,224,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,224,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,224,240, 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).