Q: Is 6,617,040 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,617,040 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 6,617,040 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 16 20 24 30 40 48 60 79 80 120 158 237 240 316 349 395 474 632 698 790 948 1,047 1,185 1,264 1,396 1,580 1,745 1,896 2,094 2,370 2,792 3,160 3,490 3,792 4,188 4,740 5,235 5,584 6,320 6,980 8,376 9,480 10,470 13,960 16,752 18,960 20,940 27,571 27,920 41,880 55,142 82,713 83,760 110,284 137,855 165,426 220,568 275,710 330,852 413,565 441,136 551,420 661,704 827,130 1,102,840 1,323,408 1,654,260 2,205,680 3,308,520 and 6,617,040, with no remainder.

Since 6,617,040 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,617,040, 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).