Q: Is 300,384 a Composite Number?

Why is 300,384 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 300,384 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 32 36 42 48 56 63 72 84 96 112 126 144 149 168 224 252 288 298 336 447 504 596 672 894 1,008 1,043 1,192 1,341 1,788 2,016 2,086 2,384 2,682 3,129 3,576 4,172 4,768 5,364 6,258 7,152 8,344 9,387 10,728 12,516 14,304 16,688 18,774 21,456 25,032 33,376 37,548 42,912 50,064 75,096 100,128 150,192 and 300,384, with no remainder.

Since 300,384 cannot be divided by just 1 and 300,384, 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).