Q: Is 6,783,048 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,783,048 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 6,783,048 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 27 31 36 54 62 72 93 108 124 186 216 248 279 372 558 744 837 1,013 1,116 1,674 2,026 2,232 3,039 3,348 4,052 6,078 6,696 8,104 9,117 12,156 18,234 24,312 27,351 31,403 36,468 54,702 62,806 72,936 94,209 109,404 125,612 188,418 218,808 251,224 282,627 376,836 565,254 753,672 847,881 1,130,508 1,695,762 2,261,016 3,391,524 and 6,783,048, with no remainder.

Since 6,783,048 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,783,048, 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).