Q: Is 6,553,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,553,248 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 6,553,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 24 26 32 39 48 52 59 78 89 96 104 118 156 177 178 208 236 267 312 354 356 416 472 534 624 708 712 767 944 1,068 1,157 1,248 1,416 1,424 1,534 1,888 2,136 2,301 2,314 2,832 2,848 3,068 3,471 4,272 4,602 4,628 5,251 5,664 6,136 6,942 8,544 9,204 9,256 10,502 12,272 13,884 15,753 18,408 18,512 21,004 24,544 27,768 31,506 36,816 37,024 42,008 55,536 63,012 68,263 73,632 84,016 111,072 126,024 136,526 168,032 204,789 252,048 273,052 409,578 504,096 546,104 819,156 1,092,208 1,638,312 2,184,416 3,276,624 and 6,553,248, with no remainder.

Since 6,553,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,553,248, 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).