Q: Is 6,267,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,267,744 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 6,267,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 168 224 252 288 336 504 672 1,008 2,016 3,109 6,218 9,327 12,436 18,654 21,763 24,872 27,981 37,308 43,526 49,744 55,962 65,289 74,616 87,052 99,488 111,924 130,578 149,232 174,104 195,867 223,848 261,156 298,464 348,208 391,734 447,696 522,312 696,416 783,468 895,392 1,044,624 1,566,936 2,089,248 3,133,872 and 6,267,744, with no remainder.

Since 6,267,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,267,744, 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).