Q: Is 6,498,492 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,498,492 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 6,498,492 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 13 14 21 22 26 28 33 39 42 44 52 66 77 78 84 91 132 143 154 156 182 231 273 286 308 364 429 462 541 546 572 858 924 1,001 1,082 1,092 1,623 1,716 2,002 2,164 3,003 3,246 3,787 4,004 5,951 6,006 6,492 7,033 7,574 11,361 11,902 12,012 14,066 15,148 17,853 21,099 22,722 23,804 28,132 35,706 41,657 42,198 45,444 49,231 71,412 77,363 83,314 84,396 98,462 124,971 147,693 154,726 166,628 196,924 232,089 249,942 295,386 309,452 464,178 499,884 541,541 590,772 928,356 1,083,082 1,624,623 2,166,164 3,249,246 and 6,498,492, with no remainder.

Since 6,498,492 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,498,492, 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).