Q: Is 6,747,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,747,584 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 6,747,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 8 16 19 31 32 38 62 64 76 124 152 179 248 304 358 496 589 608 716 992 1,178 1,216 1,432 1,984 2,356 2,864 3,401 4,712 5,549 5,728 6,802 9,424 11,098 11,456 13,604 18,848 22,196 27,208 37,696 44,392 54,416 88,784 105,431 108,832 177,568 210,862 217,664 355,136 421,724 843,448 1,686,896 3,373,792 and 6,747,584, with no remainder.

Since 6,747,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,747,584, 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).