Q: Is 6,448,572 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,448,572 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 6,448,572 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 39 52 54 78 81 108 117 156 162 234 324 351 468 702 1,053 1,404 1,531 2,106 3,062 4,212 4,593 6,124 9,186 13,779 18,372 19,903 27,558 39,806 41,337 55,116 59,709 79,612 82,674 119,418 124,011 165,348 179,127 238,836 248,022 358,254 496,044 537,381 716,508 1,074,762 1,612,143 2,149,524 3,224,286 and 6,448,572, with no remainder.

Since 6,448,572 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,448,572, 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).