Q: Is 6,382,376 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,382,376 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 6,382,376 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 56 77 88 91 104 143 154 182 286 308 364 572 616 728 797 1,001 1,144 1,594 2,002 3,188 4,004 5,579 6,376 8,008 8,767 10,361 11,158 17,534 20,722 22,316 35,068 41,444 44,632 61,369 70,136 72,527 82,888 113,971 122,738 145,054 227,942 245,476 290,108 455,884 490,952 580,216 797,797 911,768 1,595,594 3,191,188 and 6,382,376, with no remainder.

Since 6,382,376 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,382,376, 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).