Q: Is 6,377,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,377,472 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 6,377,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 32 36 48 64 72 96 128 144 173 192 256 288 346 384 512 519 576 692 768 1,024 1,038 1,152 1,384 1,536 1,557 2,048 2,076 2,304 2,768 3,072 3,114 4,096 4,152 4,608 5,536 6,144 6,228 8,304 9,216 11,072 12,288 12,456 16,608 18,432 22,144 24,912 33,216 36,864 44,288 49,824 66,432 88,576 99,648 132,864 177,152 199,296 265,728 354,304 398,592 531,456 708,608 797,184 1,062,912 1,594,368 2,125,824 3,188,736 and 6,377,472, with no remainder.

Since 6,377,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,377,472, 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).