Q: Is 6,247,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,247,024 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 6,247,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 34 56 68 112 119 136 193 238 272 289 386 476 578 772 952 1,156 1,351 1,544 1,904 2,023 2,312 2,702 3,088 3,281 4,046 4,624 5,404 6,562 8,092 10,808 13,124 16,184 21,616 22,967 26,248 32,368 45,934 52,496 55,777 91,868 111,554 183,736 223,108 367,472 390,439 446,216 780,878 892,432 1,561,756 3,123,512 and 6,247,024, with no remainder.

Since 6,247,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,247,024, 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).