Q: Is 6,637,176 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,637,176 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 6,637,176 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 13 14 18 21 24 26 28 36 39 42 52 56 63 72 78 84 91 104 117 126 156 168 182 234 252 273 312 364 468 504 546 728 819 936 1,013 1,092 1,638 2,026 2,184 3,039 3,276 4,052 6,078 6,552 7,091 8,104 9,117 12,156 13,169 14,182 18,234 21,273 24,312 26,338 28,364 36,468 39,507 42,546 52,676 56,728 63,819 72,936 79,014 85,092 92,183 105,352 118,521 127,638 158,028 170,184 184,366 237,042 255,276 276,549 316,056 368,732 474,084 510,552 553,098 737,464 829,647 948,168 1,106,196 1,659,294 2,212,392 3,318,588 and 6,637,176, with no remainder.

Since 6,637,176 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,637,176, 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).