Q: Is 6,729,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,729,624 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 6,729,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 29 33 36 44 58 66 72 87 88 99 116 132 174 198 232 261 264 293 319 348 396 522 586 638 696 792 879 957 1,044 1,172 1,276 1,758 1,914 2,088 2,344 2,552 2,637 2,871 3,223 3,516 3,828 5,274 5,742 6,446 7,032 7,656 8,497 9,669 10,548 11,484 12,892 16,994 19,338 21,096 22,968 25,491 25,784 29,007 33,988 38,676 50,982 58,014 67,976 76,473 77,352 93,467 101,964 116,028 152,946 186,934 203,928 232,056 280,401 305,892 373,868 560,802 611,784 747,736 841,203 1,121,604 1,682,406 2,243,208 3,364,812 and 6,729,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,729,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,729,624, 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).