Q: Is 6,234,720 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,234,720 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 6,234,720 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 31 32 40 48 60 62 80 93 96 120 124 155 160 186 240 248 310 372 419 465 480 496 620 744 838 930 992 1,240 1,257 1,488 1,676 1,860 2,095 2,480 2,514 2,976 3,352 3,720 4,190 4,960 5,028 6,285 6,704 7,440 8,380 10,056 12,570 12,989 13,408 14,880 16,760 20,112 25,140 25,978 33,520 38,967 40,224 50,280 51,956 64,945 67,040 77,934 100,560 103,912 129,890 155,868 194,835 201,120 207,824 259,780 311,736 389,670 415,648 519,560 623,472 779,340 1,039,120 1,246,944 1,558,680 2,078,240 3,117,360 and 6,234,720, with no remainder.

Since 6,234,720 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,234,720, 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).