Q: Is 6,469,416 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,469,416 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 6,469,416 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 36 54 61 72 108 122 183 216 244 366 488 491 549 732 982 1,098 1,464 1,473 1,647 1,964 2,196 2,946 3,294 3,928 4,392 4,419 5,892 6,588 8,838 11,784 13,176 13,257 17,676 26,514 29,951 35,352 53,028 59,902 89,853 106,056 119,804 179,706 239,608 269,559 359,412 539,118 718,824 808,677 1,078,236 1,617,354 2,156,472 3,234,708 and 6,469,416, with no remainder.

Since 6,469,416 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,469,416, 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).