Q: Is 6,425,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,425,748 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 6,425,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 21 28 36 42 43 63 84 86 126 129 172 252 258 301 387 516 593 602 774 903 1,186 1,204 1,548 1,779 1,806 2,372 2,709 3,558 3,612 4,151 5,337 5,418 7,116 8,302 10,674 10,836 12,453 16,604 21,348 24,906 25,499 37,359 49,812 50,998 74,718 76,497 101,996 149,436 152,994 178,493 229,491 305,988 356,986 458,982 535,479 713,972 917,964 1,070,958 1,606,437 2,141,916 3,212,874 and 6,425,748, with no remainder.

Since 6,425,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,425,748, 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).