Q: Is 6,724,512 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,724,512 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 6,724,512 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 32 36 43 48 54 72 86 96 108 129 144 172 181 216 258 288 344 362 387 432 516 543 688 724 774 864 1,032 1,086 1,161 1,376 1,448 1,548 1,629 2,064 2,172 2,322 2,896 3,096 3,258 4,128 4,344 4,644 4,887 5,792 6,192 6,516 7,783 8,688 9,288 9,774 12,384 13,032 15,566 17,376 18,576 19,548 23,349 26,064 31,132 37,152 39,096 46,698 52,128 62,264 70,047 78,192 93,396 124,528 140,094 156,384 186,792 210,141 249,056 280,188 373,584 420,282 560,376 747,168 840,564 1,120,752 1,681,128 2,241,504 3,362,256 and 6,724,512, with no remainder.

Since 6,724,512 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,724,512, 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).