Q: Is 6,733,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,733,608 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 6,733,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 42 56 84 149 168 269 298 447 538 596 807 894 1,043 1,076 1,192 1,614 1,788 1,883 2,086 2,152 3,129 3,228 3,576 3,766 4,172 5,649 6,258 6,456 7,532 8,344 11,298 12,516 15,064 22,596 25,032 40,081 45,192 80,162 120,243 160,324 240,486 280,567 320,648 480,972 561,134 841,701 961,944 1,122,268 1,683,402 2,244,536 3,366,804 and 6,733,608, with no remainder.

Since 6,733,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,733,608, 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).