Q: Is 6,737,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,737,544 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 6,737,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 47 66 72 88 94 99 132 141 181 188 198 264 282 362 376 396 423 517 543 564 724 792 846 1,034 1,086 1,128 1,448 1,551 1,629 1,692 1,991 2,068 2,172 3,102 3,258 3,384 3,982 4,136 4,344 4,653 5,973 6,204 6,516 7,964 8,507 9,306 11,946 12,408 13,032 15,928 17,014 17,919 18,612 23,892 25,521 34,028 35,838 37,224 47,784 51,042 68,056 71,676 76,563 93,577 102,084 143,352 153,126 187,154 204,168 280,731 306,252 374,308 561,462 612,504 748,616 842,193 1,122,924 1,684,386 2,245,848 3,368,772 and 6,737,544, with no remainder.

Since 6,737,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,737,544, 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).