Q: Is 6,651,672 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,651,672 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 6,651,672 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 19 24 29 38 57 58 76 87 114 116 152 174 228 232 348 456 503 551 696 1,006 1,102 1,509 1,653 2,012 2,204 3,018 3,306 4,024 4,408 6,036 6,612 9,557 12,072 13,224 14,587 19,114 28,671 29,174 38,228 43,761 57,342 58,348 76,456 87,522 114,684 116,696 175,044 229,368 277,153 350,088 554,306 831,459 1,108,612 1,662,918 2,217,224 3,325,836 and 6,651,672, with no remainder.

Since 6,651,672 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,651,672, 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).