Q: Is 6,748,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,748,272 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 6,748,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 41 48 54 72 81 82 108 123 127 144 162 164 216 246 254 324 328 369 381 432 492 508 648 656 738 762 984 1,016 1,107 1,143 1,296 1,476 1,524 1,968 2,032 2,214 2,286 2,952 3,048 3,321 3,429 4,428 4,572 5,207 5,904 6,096 6,642 6,858 8,856 9,144 10,287 10,414 13,284 13,716 15,621 17,712 18,288 20,574 20,828 26,568 27,432 31,242 41,148 41,656 46,863 53,136 54,864 62,484 82,296 83,312 93,726 124,968 140,589 164,592 187,452 249,936 281,178 374,904 421,767 562,356 749,808 843,534 1,124,712 1,687,068 2,249,424 3,374,136 and 6,748,272, with no remainder.

Since 6,748,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,748,272, 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).