Q: Is 6,243,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,243,072 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 6,243,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 32 33 44 48 64 66 88 96 128 132 176 192 256 264 352 384 528 704 739 768 1,056 1,408 1,478 2,112 2,217 2,816 2,956 4,224 4,434 5,912 8,129 8,448 8,868 11,824 16,258 17,736 23,648 24,387 32,516 35,472 47,296 48,774 65,032 70,944 94,592 97,548 130,064 141,888 189,184 195,096 260,128 283,776 390,192 520,256 567,552 780,384 1,040,512 1,560,768 2,081,024 3,121,536 and 6,243,072, with no remainder.

Since 6,243,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,243,072, 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).