Q: Is 6,316,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,316,464 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 6,316,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 168 176 231 264 308 336 462 528 616 924 1,232 1,709 1,848 3,418 3,696 5,127 6,836 10,254 11,963 13,672 18,799 20,508 23,926 27,344 35,889 37,598 41,016 47,852 56,397 71,778 75,196 82,032 95,704 112,794 131,593 143,556 150,392 191,408 225,588 263,186 287,112 300,784 394,779 451,176 526,372 574,224 789,558 902,352 1,052,744 1,579,116 2,105,488 3,158,232 and 6,316,464, with no remainder.

Since 6,316,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,316,464, 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).