Q: Is 6,564,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,564,264 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 6,564,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 41 42 56 82 84 123 164 168 246 287 328 492 574 861 953 984 1,148 1,722 1,906 2,296 2,859 3,444 3,812 5,718 6,671 6,888 7,624 11,436 13,342 20,013 22,872 26,684 39,073 40,026 53,368 78,146 80,052 117,219 156,292 160,104 234,438 273,511 312,584 468,876 547,022 820,533 937,752 1,094,044 1,641,066 2,188,088 3,282,132 and 6,564,264, with no remainder.

Since 6,564,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,564,264, 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).