Q: Is 6,225,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,225,648 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 6,225,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 16 22 24 26 33 39 44 48 52 66 78 88 104 132 143 156 176 208 264 286 312 429 528 572 624 858 907 1,144 1,716 1,814 2,288 2,721 3,432 3,628 5,442 6,864 7,256 9,977 10,884 11,791 14,512 19,954 21,768 23,582 29,931 35,373 39,908 43,536 47,164 59,862 70,746 79,816 94,328 119,724 129,701 141,492 159,632 188,656 239,448 259,402 282,984 389,103 478,896 518,804 565,968 778,206 1,037,608 1,556,412 2,075,216 3,112,824 and 6,225,648, with no remainder.

Since 6,225,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,225,648, 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).