Q: Is 6,264,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,264,240 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 6,264,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 43 48 60 80 86 120 129 172 215 240 258 344 430 516 607 645 688 860 1,032 1,214 1,290 1,720 1,821 2,064 2,428 2,580 3,035 3,440 3,642 4,856 5,160 6,070 7,284 9,105 9,712 10,320 12,140 14,568 18,210 24,280 26,101 29,136 36,420 48,560 52,202 72,840 78,303 104,404 130,505 145,680 156,606 208,808 261,010 313,212 391,515 417,616 522,020 626,424 783,030 1,044,040 1,252,848 1,566,060 2,088,080 3,132,120 and 6,264,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,264,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,264,240, 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).