Q: Is 6,252,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,252,624 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 6,252,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 112 126 144 168 252 336 504 1,008 6,203 12,406 18,609 24,812 37,218 43,421 49,624 55,827 74,436 86,842 99,248 111,654 130,263 148,872 173,684 223,308 260,526 297,744 347,368 390,789 446,616 521,052 694,736 781,578 893,232 1,042,104 1,563,156 2,084,208 3,126,312 and 6,252,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,252,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,252,624, 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).