Q: Is 6,231,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,231,600 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 6,231,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 12 15 16 18 20 24 25 27 30 36 40 45 48 50 54 60 72 75 80 90 100 108 120 135 144 150 180 200 216 225 240 270 300 360 400 432 450 540 577 600 675 720 900 1,080 1,154 1,200 1,350 1,731 1,800 2,160 2,308 2,700 2,885 3,462 3,600 4,616 5,193 5,400 5,770 6,924 8,655 9,232 10,386 10,800 11,540 13,848 14,425 15,579 17,310 20,772 23,080 25,965 27,696 28,850 31,158 34,620 41,544 43,275 46,160 51,930 57,700 62,316 69,240 77,895 83,088 86,550 103,860 115,400 124,632 129,825 138,480 155,790 173,100 207,720 230,800 249,264 259,650 311,580 346,200 389,475 415,440 519,300 623,160 692,400 778,950 1,038,600 1,246,320 1,557,900 2,077,200 3,115,800 and 6,231,600, with no remainder.

Since 6,231,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,231,600, 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).