Q: Is 6,395,004 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,395,004 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 6,395,004 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 63 66 77 84 99 108 126 132 154 189 198 231 252 297 308 378 396 462 594 693 756 769 924 1,188 1,386 1,538 2,079 2,307 2,772 3,076 4,158 4,614 5,383 6,921 8,316 8,459 9,228 10,766 13,842 16,149 16,918 20,763 21,532 25,377 27,684 32,298 33,836 41,526 48,447 50,754 59,213 64,596 76,131 83,052 96,894 101,508 118,426 145,341 152,262 177,639 193,788 228,393 236,852 290,682 304,524 355,278 456,786 532,917 581,364 710,556 913,572 1,065,834 1,598,751 2,131,668 3,197,502 and 6,395,004, with no remainder.

Since 6,395,004 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,395,004, 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).