Q: Is 6,417,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,417,744 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 6,417,744 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 19 24 31 38 48 57 62 76 93 114 124 152 186 227 228 248 304 372 454 456 496 589 681 744 908 912 1,178 1,362 1,488 1,767 1,816 2,356 2,724 3,534 3,632 4,313 4,712 5,448 7,037 7,068 8,626 9,424 10,896 12,939 14,074 14,136 17,252 21,111 25,878 28,148 28,272 34,504 42,222 51,756 56,296 69,008 84,444 103,512 112,592 133,703 168,888 207,024 267,406 337,776 401,109 534,812 802,218 1,069,624 1,604,436 2,139,248 3,208,872 and 6,417,744, with no remainder.

Since 6,417,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,417,744, 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).