Q: Is 6,637,422 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,637,422 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 6,637,422 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 11 19 22 33 38 57 66 67 79 114 134 158 201 209 237 402 418 474 627 737 869 1,254 1,273 1,474 1,501 1,738 2,211 2,546 2,607 3,002 3,819 4,422 4,503 5,214 5,293 7,638 9,006 10,586 14,003 15,879 16,511 28,006 31,758 33,022 42,009 49,533 58,223 84,018 99,066 100,567 116,446 174,669 201,134 301,701 349,338 603,402 1,106,237 2,212,474 3,318,711 and 6,637,422, with no remainder.

Since 6,637,422 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,637,422, 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).