Q: Is 6,458,800 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,458,800 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 6,458,800 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 20 25 40 50 67 80 100 134 200 241 268 335 400 482 536 670 964 1,072 1,205 1,340 1,675 1,928 2,410 2,680 3,350 3,856 4,820 5,360 6,025 6,700 9,640 12,050 13,400 16,147 19,280 24,100 26,800 32,294 48,200 64,588 80,735 96,400 129,176 161,470 258,352 322,940 403,675 645,880 807,350 1,291,760 1,614,700 3,229,400 and 6,458,800, with no remainder.

Since 6,458,800 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,458,800, 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).