Q: Is 6,424,776 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,424,776 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 6,424,776 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 24 29 34 36 51 58 68 72 87 102 116 136 153 174 181 204 232 261 306 348 362 408 493 522 543 612 696 724 986 1,044 1,086 1,224 1,448 1,479 1,629 1,972 2,088 2,172 2,958 3,077 3,258 3,944 4,344 4,437 5,249 5,916 6,154 6,516 8,874 9,231 10,498 11,832 12,308 13,032 15,747 17,748 18,462 20,996 24,616 27,693 31,494 35,496 36,924 41,992 47,241 55,386 62,988 73,848 89,233 94,482 110,772 125,976 178,466 188,964 221,544 267,699 356,932 377,928 535,398 713,864 803,097 1,070,796 1,606,194 2,141,592 3,212,388 and 6,424,776, with no remainder.

Since 6,424,776 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,424,776, 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).