Q: Is 6,584,240 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,584,240 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 6,584,240 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 13 16 20 26 40 52 65 80 104 130 169 208 260 338 487 520 676 845 974 1,040 1,352 1,690 1,948 2,435 2,704 3,380 3,896 4,870 6,331 6,760 7,792 9,740 12,662 13,520 19,480 25,324 31,655 38,960 50,648 63,310 82,303 101,296 126,620 164,606 253,240 329,212 411,515 506,480 658,424 823,030 1,316,848 1,646,060 3,292,120 and 6,584,240, with no remainder.

Since 6,584,240 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,584,240, 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).