Q: Is 6,444,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,444,216 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 6,444,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 37 41 59 72 74 82 111 118 123 148 164 177 222 236 246 296 328 333 354 369 444 472 492 531 666 708 738 888 984 1,062 1,332 1,416 1,476 1,517 2,124 2,183 2,419 2,664 2,952 3,034 4,248 4,366 4,551 4,838 6,068 6,549 7,257 8,732 9,102 9,676 12,136 13,098 13,653 14,514 17,464 18,204 19,352 19,647 21,771 26,196 27,306 29,028 36,408 39,294 43,542 52,392 54,612 58,056 78,588 87,084 89,503 109,224 157,176 174,168 179,006 268,509 358,012 537,018 716,024 805,527 1,074,036 1,611,054 2,148,072 3,222,108 and 6,444,216, with no remainder.

Since 6,444,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,444,216, 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).