Q: Is 6,248,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,248,736 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 6,248,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 32 36 39 48 52 72 78 96 104 117 144 156 208 234 288 312 416 468 624 936 1,248 1,669 1,872 3,338 3,744 5,007 6,676 10,014 13,352 15,021 20,028 21,697 26,704 30,042 40,056 43,394 53,408 60,084 65,091 80,112 86,788 120,168 130,182 160,224 173,576 195,273 240,336 260,364 347,152 390,546 480,672 520,728 694,304 781,092 1,041,456 1,562,184 2,082,912 3,124,368 and 6,248,736, with no remainder.

Since 6,248,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,248,736, 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).