Q: Is 6,468,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,468,624 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 6,468,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 36 48 58 72 87 116 144 174 232 261 348 464 522 696 1,044 1,392 1,549 2,088 3,098 4,176 4,647 6,196 9,294 12,392 13,941 18,588 24,784 27,882 37,176 44,921 55,764 74,352 89,842 111,528 134,763 179,684 223,056 269,526 359,368 404,289 539,052 718,736 808,578 1,078,104 1,617,156 2,156,208 3,234,312 and 6,468,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,468,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,468,624, 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).