Q: Is 6,468,984 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,468,984 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 6,468,984 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 67 72 81 108 134 149 162 201 216 268 298 324 402 447 536 596 603 648 804 894 1,192 1,206 1,341 1,608 1,788 1,809 2,412 2,682 3,576 3,618 4,023 4,824 5,364 5,427 7,236 8,046 9,983 10,728 10,854 12,069 14,472 16,092 19,966 21,708 24,138 29,949 32,184 39,932 43,416 48,276 59,898 79,864 89,847 96,552 119,796 179,694 239,592 269,541 359,388 539,082 718,776 808,623 1,078,164 1,617,246 2,156,328 3,234,492 and 6,468,984, with no remainder.

Since 6,468,984 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,468,984, 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).