Q: Is 6,494,000 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,494,000 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 6,494,000 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 16 17 20 25 34 40 50 68 80 85 100 125 136 170 191 200 250 272 340 382 400 425 500 680 764 850 955 1,000 1,360 1,528 1,700 1,910 2,000 2,125 3,056 3,247 3,400 3,820 4,250 4,775 6,494 6,800 7,640 8,500 9,550 12,988 15,280 16,235 17,000 19,100 23,875 25,976 32,470 34,000 38,200 47,750 51,952 64,940 76,400 81,175 95,500 129,880 162,350 191,000 259,760 324,700 382,000 405,875 649,400 811,750 1,298,800 1,623,500 3,247,000 and 6,494,000, with no remainder.

Since 6,494,000 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,494,000, 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).