Q: Is 6,397,320 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,397,320 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 6,397,320 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 60 89 120 178 267 356 445 534 599 712 890 1,068 1,198 1,335 1,780 1,797 2,136 2,396 2,670 2,995 3,560 3,594 4,792 5,340 5,990 7,188 8,985 10,680 11,980 14,376 17,970 23,960 35,940 53,311 71,880 106,622 159,933 213,244 266,555 319,866 426,488 533,110 639,732 799,665 1,066,220 1,279,464 1,599,330 2,132,440 3,198,660 and 6,397,320, with no remainder.

Since 6,397,320 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,397,320, 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).