Q: Is 6,478,758 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,478,758 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 6,478,758 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 9 11 13 18 22 26 27 33 39 54 66 78 99 117 143 198 234 286 297 351 429 594 702 839 858 1,287 1,678 2,517 2,574 3,861 5,034 7,551 7,722 9,229 10,907 15,102 18,458 21,814 22,653 27,687 32,721 45,306 55,374 65,442 83,061 98,163 119,977 166,122 196,326 239,954 249,183 294,489 359,931 498,366 588,978 719,862 1,079,793 2,159,586 3,239,379 and 6,478,758, with no remainder.

Since 6,478,758 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,478,758, 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).