Q: Is 6,531,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,531,672 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 6,531,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 17 21 24 28 34 42 51 56 68 84 102 119 136 168 204 238 357 408 476 714 952 1,428 2,287 2,856 4,574 6,861 9,148 13,722 16,009 18,296 27,444 32,018 38,879 48,027 54,888 64,036 77,758 96,054 116,637 128,072 155,516 192,108 233,274 272,153 311,032 384,216 466,548 544,306 816,459 933,096 1,088,612 1,632,918 2,177,224 3,265,836 and 6,531,672, with no remainder.

Since 6,531,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,531,672, 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).