Q: Is 6,311,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,311,724 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 6,311,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 12 19 31 38 47 57 62 76 93 94 114 124 141 186 188 228 282 361 372 564 589 722 893 1,083 1,178 1,444 1,457 1,767 1,786 2,166 2,356 2,679 2,914 3,534 3,572 4,332 4,371 5,358 5,828 7,068 8,742 10,716 11,191 16,967 17,484 22,382 27,683 33,573 33,934 44,764 50,901 55,366 67,146 67,868 83,049 101,802 110,732 134,292 166,098 203,604 332,196 525,977 1,051,954 1,577,931 2,103,908 3,155,862 and 6,311,724, with no remainder.

Since 6,311,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,311,724, 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).