Q: Is 6,366,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,366,024 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 6,366,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 17 18 21 24 28 34 36 42 51 56 63 68 72 84 102 119 126 136 153 168 204 238 252 306 357 408 476 504 612 714 743 952 1,071 1,224 1,428 1,486 2,142 2,229 2,856 2,972 4,284 4,458 5,201 5,944 6,687 8,568 8,916 10,402 12,631 13,374 15,603 17,832 20,804 25,262 26,748 31,206 37,893 41,608 46,809 50,524 53,496 62,412 75,786 88,417 93,618 101,048 113,679 124,824 151,572 176,834 187,236 227,358 265,251 303,144 353,668 374,472 454,716 530,502 707,336 795,753 909,432 1,061,004 1,591,506 2,122,008 3,183,012 and 6,366,024, with no remainder.

Since 6,366,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,366,024, 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).