Q: Is 6,324,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,324,624 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 6,324,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 72 144 167 263 334 501 526 668 789 1,002 1,052 1,336 1,503 1,578 2,004 2,104 2,367 2,672 3,006 3,156 4,008 4,208 4,734 6,012 6,312 8,016 9,468 12,024 12,624 18,936 24,048 37,872 43,921 87,842 131,763 175,684 263,526 351,368 395,289 527,052 702,736 790,578 1,054,104 1,581,156 2,108,208 3,162,312 and 6,324,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,324,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,324,624, 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).