Q: Is 6,432,888 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,432,888 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 6,432,888 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 59 66 77 84 88 118 132 154 168 177 231 236 264 308 354 413 462 472 616 649 708 826 924 1,239 1,298 1,416 1,652 1,848 1,947 2,478 2,596 3,304 3,481 3,894 4,543 4,956 5,192 6,962 7,788 9,086 9,912 10,443 13,629 13,924 15,576 18,172 20,886 24,367 27,258 27,848 36,344 38,291 41,772 48,734 54,516 73,101 76,582 83,544 97,468 109,032 114,873 146,202 153,164 194,936 229,746 268,037 292,404 306,328 459,492 536,074 584,808 804,111 918,984 1,072,148 1,608,222 2,144,296 3,216,444 and 6,432,888, with no remainder.

Since 6,432,888 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,432,888, 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).