Q: Is 6,471,696 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,471,696 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 6,471,696 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 17 21 22 24 28 33 34 42 44 48 51 56 66 68 77 84 88 102 103 112 119 132 136 154 168 176 187 204 206 231 238 264 272 308 309 336 357 374 408 412 462 476 528 561 616 618 714 721 748 816 824 924 952 1,122 1,133 1,232 1,236 1,309 1,428 1,442 1,496 1,648 1,751 1,848 1,904 2,163 2,244 2,266 2,472 2,618 2,856 2,884 2,992 3,399 3,502 3,696 3,927 4,326 4,488 4,532 4,944 5,236 5,253 5,712 5,768 6,798 7,004 7,854 7,931 8,652 8,976 9,064 10,472 10,506 11,536 12,257 13,596 14,008 15,708 15,862 17,304 18,128 19,261 20,944 21,012 23,793 24,514 27,192 28,016 31,416 31,724 34,608 36,771 38,522 42,024 47,586 49,028 54,384 57,783 62,832 63,448 73,542 77,044 84,048 95,172 98,056 115,566 126,896 134,827 147,084 154,088 190,344 196,112 231,132 269,654 294,168 308,176 380,688 404,481 462,264 539,308 588,336 808,962 924,528 1,078,616 1,617,924 2,157,232 3,235,848 and 6,471,696, with no remainder.

Since 6,471,696 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,471,696, 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).