Q: Is 6,423,330 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,423,330 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 6,423,330 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 5 6 10 15 19 30 38 57 59 95 114 118 177 190 191 285 295 354 382 570 573 590 885 955 1,121 1,146 1,770 1,910 2,242 2,865 3,363 3,629 5,605 5,730 6,726 7,258 10,887 11,210 11,269 16,815 18,145 21,774 22,538 33,630 33,807 36,290 54,435 56,345 67,614 108,870 112,690 169,035 214,111 338,070 428,222 642,333 1,070,555 1,284,666 2,141,110 3,211,665 and 6,423,330, with no remainder.

Since 6,423,330 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,423,330, 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).