Q: Is 6,309,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,309,108 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 6,309,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 17 18 26 34 36 39 51 52 61 68 78 102 117 122 153 156 169 183 204 221 234 244 306 338 366 442 468 507 549 612 663 676 732 793 884 1,014 1,037 1,098 1,326 1,521 1,586 1,989 2,028 2,074 2,196 2,379 2,652 2,873 3,042 3,111 3,172 3,978 4,148 4,758 5,746 6,084 6,222 7,137 7,956 8,619 9,333 9,516 10,309 11,492 12,444 13,481 14,274 17,238 18,666 20,618 25,857 26,962 28,548 30,927 34,476 37,332 40,443 41,236 51,714 53,924 61,854 80,886 92,781 103,428 121,329 123,708 161,772 175,253 185,562 242,658 350,506 371,124 485,316 525,759 701,012 1,051,518 1,577,277 2,103,036 3,154,554 and 6,309,108, with no remainder.

Since 6,309,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,309,108, 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).