Q: Is 6,379,600 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,379,600 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 6,379,600 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 41 50 80 82 100 164 200 205 328 389 400 410 656 778 820 1,025 1,556 1,640 1,945 2,050 3,112 3,280 3,890 4,100 6,224 7,780 8,200 9,725 15,560 15,949 16,400 19,450 31,120 31,898 38,900 63,796 77,800 79,745 127,592 155,600 159,490 255,184 318,980 398,725 637,960 797,450 1,275,920 1,594,900 3,189,800 and 6,379,600, with no remainder.

Since 6,379,600 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,379,600, 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).