Q: Is 6,371,838 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,371,838 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 6,371,838 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 17 18 22 27 33 34 51 54 66 99 102 153 187 198 297 306 374 459 561 594 631 918 1,122 1,262 1,683 1,893 3,366 3,786 5,049 5,679 6,941 10,098 10,727 11,358 13,882 17,037 20,823 21,454 32,181 34,074 41,646 62,469 64,362 96,543 117,997 124,938 187,407 193,086 235,994 289,629 353,991 374,814 579,258 707,982 1,061,973 2,123,946 3,185,919 and 6,371,838, with no remainder.

Since 6,371,838 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,371,838, 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).