Q: Is 6,396,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,396,216 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 6,396,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 17 24 34 51 61 68 102 122 136 183 204 244 257 366 408 488 514 732 771 1,028 1,037 1,464 1,542 2,056 2,074 3,084 3,111 4,148 4,369 6,168 6,222 8,296 8,738 12,444 13,107 15,677 17,476 24,888 26,214 31,354 34,952 47,031 52,428 62,708 94,062 104,856 125,416 188,124 266,509 376,248 533,018 799,527 1,066,036 1,599,054 2,132,072 3,198,108 and 6,396,216, with no remainder.

Since 6,396,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,396,216, 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).