Q: Is 6,573,072 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,573,072 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 6,573,072 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 16 22 24 33 44 48 59 66 88 118 132 176 177 211 236 264 354 422 472 528 633 649 708 844 944 1,266 1,298 1,416 1,688 1,947 2,321 2,532 2,596 2,832 3,376 3,894 4,642 5,064 5,192 6,963 7,788 9,284 10,128 10,384 12,449 13,926 15,576 18,568 24,898 27,852 31,152 37,136 37,347 49,796 55,704 74,694 99,592 111,408 136,939 149,388 199,184 273,878 298,776 410,817 547,756 597,552 821,634 1,095,512 1,643,268 2,191,024 3,286,536 and 6,573,072, with no remainder.

Since 6,573,072 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,573,072, 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).