Q: Is 6,657,112 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,657,112 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 6,657,112 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 22 28 44 56 77 88 101 107 154 202 214 308 404 428 616 707 749 808 856 1,111 1,177 1,414 1,498 2,222 2,354 2,828 2,996 4,444 4,708 5,656 5,992 7,777 8,239 8,888 9,416 10,807 15,554 16,478 21,614 31,108 32,956 43,228 62,216 65,912 75,649 86,456 118,877 151,298 237,754 302,596 475,508 605,192 832,139 951,016 1,664,278 3,328,556 and 6,657,112, with no remainder.

Since 6,657,112 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,657,112, 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).