Q: Is 6,243,084 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,243,084 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 6,243,084 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 18 36 37 43 74 86 109 111 129 148 172 218 222 258 327 333 387 436 444 516 654 666 774 981 1,308 1,332 1,548 1,591 1,962 3,182 3,924 4,033 4,687 4,773 6,364 8,066 9,374 9,546 12,099 14,061 14,319 16,132 18,748 19,092 24,198 28,122 28,638 36,297 42,183 48,396 56,244 57,276 72,594 84,366 145,188 168,732 173,419 346,838 520,257 693,676 1,040,514 1,560,771 2,081,028 3,121,542 and 6,243,084, with no remainder.

Since 6,243,084 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,243,084, 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).