Q: Is 6,624,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,624,016 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 6,624,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 14 16 17 28 34 49 56 68 71 98 112 119 136 142 196 238 272 284 343 392 476 497 568 686 784 833 952 994 1,136 1,207 1,372 1,666 1,904 1,988 2,414 2,744 3,332 3,479 3,976 4,828 5,488 5,831 6,664 6,958 7,952 8,449 9,656 11,662 13,328 13,916 16,898 19,312 23,324 24,353 27,832 33,796 46,648 48,706 55,664 59,143 67,592 93,296 97,412 118,286 135,184 194,824 236,572 389,648 414,001 473,144 828,002 946,288 1,656,004 3,312,008 and 6,624,016, with no remainder.

Since 6,624,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,624,016, 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).