Q: Is 6,431,348 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,431,348 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 6,431,348 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 11 14 19 22 28 38 44 49 76 77 98 133 154 157 196 209 266 308 314 418 532 539 628 836 931 1,078 1,099 1,463 1,727 1,862 2,156 2,198 2,926 2,983 3,454 3,724 4,396 5,852 5,966 6,908 7,693 10,241 11,932 12,089 15,386 20,482 20,881 24,178 30,772 32,813 40,964 41,762 48,356 65,626 83,524 84,623 131,252 146,167 169,246 229,691 292,334 338,492 459,382 584,668 918,764 1,607,837 3,215,674 and 6,431,348, with no remainder.

Since 6,431,348 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,431,348, 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).