Q: Is 6,656,200 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,656,200 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 6,656,200 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 8 10 20 23 25 40 46 50 92 100 115 184 200 230 460 575 920 1,150 1,447 2,300 2,894 4,600 5,788 7,235 11,576 14,470 28,940 33,281 36,175 57,880 66,562 72,350 133,124 144,700 166,405 266,248 289,400 332,810 665,620 832,025 1,331,240 1,664,050 3,328,100 and 6,656,200, with no remainder.

Since 6,656,200 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,656,200, 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).