Q: Is 6,426,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,426,240 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 6,426,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 32 40 48 60 64 80 96 120 128 160 192 240 320 384 480 640 960 1,920 3,347 6,694 10,041 13,388 16,735 20,082 26,776 33,470 40,164 50,205 53,552 66,940 80,328 100,410 107,104 133,880 160,656 200,820 214,208 267,760 321,312 401,640 428,416 535,520 642,624 803,280 1,071,040 1,285,248 1,606,560 2,142,080 3,213,120 and 6,426,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,426,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,426,240, 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).