Q: Is 6,560,496 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,560,496 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 6,560,496 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 36 48 58 72 87 116 144 174 232 261 348 464 522 696 1,044 1,392 1,571 2,088 3,142 4,176 4,713 6,284 9,426 12,568 14,139 18,852 25,136 28,278 37,704 45,559 56,556 75,408 91,118 113,112 136,677 182,236 226,224 273,354 364,472 410,031 546,708 728,944 820,062 1,093,416 1,640,124 2,186,832 3,280,248 and 6,560,496, with no remainder.

Since 6,560,496 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,560,496, 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).