Q: Is 6,363,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,363,648 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 6,363,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 192 256 288 384 512 576 768 1,152 1,381 1,536 2,304 2,762 4,143 4,608 5,524 8,286 11,048 12,429 16,572 22,096 24,858 33,144 44,192 49,716 66,288 88,384 99,432 132,576 176,768 198,864 265,152 353,536 397,728 530,304 707,072 795,456 1,060,608 1,590,912 2,121,216 3,181,824 and 6,363,648, with no remainder.

Since 6,363,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,363,648, 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).