Q: Is 6,273,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,273,072 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 6,273,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 144 156 208 216 234 312 351 432 468 624 702 936 1,117 1,404 1,872 2,234 2,808 3,351 4,468 5,616 6,702 8,936 10,053 13,404 14,521 17,872 20,106 26,808 29,042 30,159 40,212 43,563 53,616 58,084 60,318 80,424 87,126 116,168 120,636 130,689 160,848 174,252 232,336 241,272 261,378 348,504 392,067 482,544 522,756 697,008 784,134 1,045,512 1,568,268 2,091,024 3,136,536 and 6,273,072, with no remainder.

Since 6,273,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,273,072, 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).