Q: Is 6,821,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,821,616 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 6,821,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 16 23 24 37 46 48 69 74 92 111 138 148 167 184 222 276 296 334 368 444 501 552 592 668 851 888 1,002 1,104 1,336 1,702 1,776 2,004 2,553 2,672 3,404 3,841 4,008 5,106 6,179 6,808 7,682 8,016 10,212 11,523 12,358 13,616 15,364 18,537 20,424 23,046 24,716 30,728 37,074 40,848 46,092 49,432 61,456 74,148 92,184 98,864 142,117 148,296 184,368 284,234 296,592 426,351 568,468 852,702 1,136,936 1,705,404 2,273,872 3,410,808 and 6,821,616, with no remainder.

Since 6,821,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,821,616, 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).