Q: Is 6,270,768 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,270,768 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 6,270,768 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 6,221 12,442 18,663 24,884 37,326 43,547 49,768 55,989 74,652 87,094 99,536 111,978 130,641 149,304 174,188 223,956 261,282 298,608 348,376 391,923 447,912 522,564 696,752 783,846 895,824 1,045,128 1,567,692 2,090,256 3,135,384 and 6,270,768, with no remainder.

Since 6,270,768 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,270,768, 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).