Q: Is 6,375,456 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,375,456 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 6,375,456 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 47 48 54 72 94 96 108 141 144 157 188 216 282 288 314 376 423 432 471 564 628 752 846 864 942 1,128 1,256 1,269 1,413 1,504 1,692 1,884 2,256 2,512 2,538 2,826 3,384 3,768 4,239 4,512 5,024 5,076 5,652 6,768 7,379 7,536 8,478 10,152 11,304 13,536 14,758 15,072 16,956 20,304 22,137 22,608 29,516 33,912 40,608 44,274 45,216 59,032 66,411 67,824 88,548 118,064 132,822 135,648 177,096 199,233 236,128 265,644 354,192 398,466 531,288 708,384 796,932 1,062,576 1,593,864 2,125,152 3,187,728 and 6,375,456, with no remainder.

Since 6,375,456 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,375,456, 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).