Q: Is 6,312,500 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,312,500 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 6,312,500 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 5 10 20 25 50 100 101 125 202 250 404 500 505 625 1,010 1,250 2,020 2,500 2,525 3,125 5,050 6,250 10,100 12,500 12,625 15,625 25,250 31,250 50,500 62,500 63,125 126,250 252,500 315,625 631,250 1,262,500 1,578,125 3,156,250 and 6,312,500, with no remainder.

Since 6,312,500 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,312,500, 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).