Q: Is 6,341,238 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,341,238 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 6,341,238 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 17 18 23 34 46 51 53 69 102 106 138 153 159 207 289 306 318 391 414 477 578 782 867 901 954 1,173 1,219 1,734 1,802 2,346 2,438 2,601 2,703 3,519 3,657 5,202 5,406 6,647 7,038 7,314 8,109 10,971 13,294 15,317 16,218 19,941 20,723 21,942 30,634 39,882 41,446 45,951 59,823 62,169 91,902 119,646 124,338 137,853 186,507 275,706 352,291 373,014 704,582 1,056,873 2,113,746 3,170,619 and 6,341,238, with no remainder.

Since 6,341,238 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,341,238, 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).