Q: Is 6,621,216 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,621,216 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 6,621,216 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 24 28 32 42 48 56 59 84 96 112 118 167 168 177 224 236 334 336 354 413 472 501 668 672 708 826 944 1,002 1,169 1,239 1,336 1,416 1,652 1,888 2,004 2,338 2,478 2,672 2,832 3,304 3,507 4,008 4,676 4,956 5,344 5,664 6,608 7,014 8,016 9,352 9,853 9,912 13,216 14,028 16,032 18,704 19,706 19,824 28,056 29,559 37,408 39,412 39,648 56,112 59,118 68,971 78,824 112,224 118,236 137,942 157,648 206,913 236,472 275,884 315,296 413,826 472,944 551,768 827,652 945,888 1,103,536 1,655,304 2,207,072 3,310,608 and 6,621,216, with no remainder.

Since 6,621,216 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,621,216, 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).