Q: Is 6,462,666 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,462,666 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 6,462,666 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 9 14 18 21 27 41 42 54 63 81 82 123 126 139 162 189 246 278 287 369 378 417 567 574 738 834 861 973 1,107 1,134 1,251 1,722 1,946 2,214 2,502 2,583 2,919 3,321 3,753 5,166 5,699 5,838 6,642 7,506 7,749 8,757 11,259 11,398 15,498 17,097 17,514 22,518 23,247 26,271 34,194 39,893 46,494 51,291 52,542 78,813 79,786 102,582 119,679 153,873 157,626 239,358 307,746 359,037 461,619 718,074 923,238 1,077,111 2,154,222 3,231,333 and 6,462,666, with no remainder.

Since 6,462,666 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,462,666, 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).