Q: Is 6,428,448 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,428,448 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 6,428,448 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 17 18 24 26 32 34 36 39 48 51 52 68 72 78 96 101 102 104 117 136 144 153 156 202 204 208 221 234 272 288 303 306 312 404 408 416 442 468 544 606 612 624 663 808 816 884 909 936 1,212 1,224 1,248 1,313 1,326 1,616 1,632 1,717 1,768 1,818 1,872 1,989 2,424 2,448 2,626 2,652 3,232 3,434 3,536 3,636 3,744 3,939 3,978 4,848 4,896 5,151 5,252 5,304 6,868 7,072 7,272 7,878 7,956 9,696 10,302 10,504 10,608 11,817 13,736 14,544 15,453 15,756 15,912 20,604 21,008 21,216 22,321 23,634 27,472 29,088 30,906 31,512 31,824 41,208 42,016 44,642 47,268 54,944 61,812 63,024 63,648 66,963 82,416 89,284 94,536 123,624 126,048 133,926 164,832 178,568 189,072 200,889 247,248 267,852 357,136 378,144 401,778 494,496 535,704 714,272 803,556 1,071,408 1,607,112 2,142,816 3,214,224 and 6,428,448, with no remainder.

Since 6,428,448 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,428,448, 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).