Q: Is 6,825,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,825,624 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 6,825,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 24 26 39 52 78 104 131 156 167 262 312 334 393 501 524 668 786 1,002 1,048 1,336 1,572 1,703 2,004 2,171 3,144 3,406 4,008 4,342 5,109 6,513 6,812 8,684 10,218 13,026 13,624 17,368 20,436 21,877 26,052 40,872 43,754 52,104 65,631 87,508 131,262 175,016 262,524 284,401 525,048 568,802 853,203 1,137,604 1,706,406 2,275,208 3,412,812 and 6,825,624, with no remainder.

Since 6,825,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,825,624, 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).