Q: Is 6,430,144 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,430,144 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 6,430,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 28 31 32 56 62 64 112 124 217 224 248 434 448 463 496 868 926 992 1,736 1,852 1,984 3,241 3,472 3,704 6,482 6,944 7,408 12,964 13,888 14,353 14,816 25,928 28,706 29,632 51,856 57,412 100,471 103,712 114,824 200,942 207,424 229,648 401,884 459,296 803,768 918,592 1,607,536 3,215,072 and 6,430,144, with no remainder.

Since 6,430,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,430,144, 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).