Q: Is 6,684,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,684,624 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 6,684,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 36 48 61 72 122 144 183 244 366 488 549 732 761 976 1,098 1,464 1,522 2,196 2,283 2,928 3,044 4,392 4,566 6,088 6,849 8,784 9,132 12,176 13,698 18,264 27,396 36,528 46,421 54,792 92,842 109,584 139,263 185,684 278,526 371,368 417,789 557,052 742,736 835,578 1,114,104 1,671,156 2,228,208 3,342,312 and 6,684,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,684,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,684,624, 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).