Q: Is 6,267,560 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,267,560 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 6,267,560 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 17 20 26 34 40 52 65 68 85 104 130 136 170 221 260 340 442 520 680 709 884 1,105 1,418 1,768 2,210 2,836 3,545 4,420 5,672 7,090 8,840 9,217 12,053 14,180 18,434 24,106 28,360 36,868 46,085 48,212 60,265 73,736 92,170 96,424 120,530 156,689 184,340 241,060 313,378 368,680 482,120 626,756 783,445 1,253,512 1,566,890 3,133,780 and 6,267,560, with no remainder.

Since 6,267,560 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,267,560, 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).