Q: Is 6,323,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,323,744 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 6,323,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 32 37 49 56 74 98 109 112 148 196 218 224 259 296 392 436 518 592 763 784 872 1,036 1,184 1,526 1,568 1,744 1,813 2,072 3,052 3,488 3,626 4,033 4,144 5,341 6,104 7,252 8,066 8,288 10,682 12,208 14,504 16,132 21,364 24,416 28,231 29,008 32,264 42,728 56,462 58,016 64,528 85,456 112,924 129,056 170,912 197,617 225,848 395,234 451,696 790,468 903,392 1,580,936 3,161,872 and 6,323,744, with no remainder.

Since 6,323,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,323,744, 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).