Q: Is 6,469,848 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,469,848 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 6,469,848 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 24 27 28 33 36 42 44 54 56 63 66 72 77 84 88 99 108 126 132 154 168 189 198 216 231 252 264 297 308 378 389 396 462 504 594 616 693 756 778 792 924 1,167 1,188 1,386 1,512 1,556 1,848 2,079 2,334 2,376 2,723 2,772 3,112 3,501 4,158 4,279 4,668 5,446 5,544 7,002 8,169 8,316 8,558 9,336 10,503 10,892 12,837 14,004 16,338 16,632 17,116 21,006 21,784 24,507 25,674 28,008 29,953 32,676 34,232 38,511 42,012 49,014 51,348 59,906 65,352 73,521 77,022 84,024 89,859 98,028 102,696 115,533 119,812 147,042 154,044 179,718 196,056 231,066 239,624 269,577 294,084 308,088 359,436 462,132 539,154 588,168 718,872 808,731 924,264 1,078,308 1,617,462 2,156,616 3,234,924 and 6,469,848, with no remainder.

Since 6,469,848 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,469,848, 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).