Q: Is 6,275,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,275,472 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 6,275,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 19 21 24 28 38 42 48 56 57 76 84 112 114 133 152 168 228 266 304 336 399 456 532 798 912 983 1,064 1,596 1,966 2,128 2,949 3,192 3,932 5,898 6,384 6,881 7,864 11,796 13,762 15,728 18,677 20,643 23,592 27,524 37,354 41,286 47,184 55,048 56,031 74,708 82,572 110,096 112,062 130,739 149,416 165,144 224,124 261,478 298,832 330,288 392,217 448,248 522,956 784,434 896,496 1,045,912 1,568,868 2,091,824 3,137,736 and 6,275,472, with no remainder.

Since 6,275,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,275,472, 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).