Q: Is 6,562,764 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,562,764 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 6,562,764 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 36 37 39 52 74 78 111 117 148 156 222 234 333 379 444 468 481 666 758 962 1,137 1,332 1,443 1,516 1,924 2,274 2,886 3,411 4,329 4,548 4,927 5,772 6,822 8,658 9,854 13,644 14,023 14,781 17,316 19,708 28,046 29,562 42,069 44,343 56,092 59,124 84,138 88,686 126,207 168,276 177,372 182,299 252,414 364,598 504,828 546,897 729,196 1,093,794 1,640,691 2,187,588 3,281,382 and 6,562,764, with no remainder.

Since 6,562,764 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,562,764, 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).