Q: Is 6,615,567 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,615,567 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 6,615,567 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 9 17 21 27 29 51 63 71 87 119 153 189 203 213 261 357 459 493 497 609 639 783 1,071 1,207 1,479 1,491 1,827 1,917 2,059 3,213 3,451 3,621 4,437 4,473 5,481 6,177 8,449 10,353 10,863 13,311 13,419 14,413 18,531 25,347 31,059 32,589 35,003 43,239 55,593 76,041 93,177 105,009 129,717 228,123 245,021 315,027 389,151 735,063 945,081 2,205,189 and 6,615,567, with no remainder.

Since 6,615,567 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,615,567, 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).