Q: Is 6,389,712 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,389,712 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 6,389,712 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 63 72 84 108 112 126 144 168 189 216 252 336 378 432 504 756 1,008 1,512 2,113 3,024 4,226 6,339 8,452 12,678 14,791 16,904 19,017 25,356 29,582 33,808 38,034 44,373 50,712 57,051 59,164 76,068 88,746 101,424 114,102 118,328 133,119 152,136 177,492 228,204 236,656 266,238 304,272 354,984 399,357 456,408 532,476 709,968 798,714 912,816 1,064,952 1,597,428 2,129,904 3,194,856 and 6,389,712, with no remainder.

Since 6,389,712 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,389,712, 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).