Q: Is 306,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 306,504 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 306,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 33 36 43 44 54 66 72 81 86 88 99 108 129 132 162 172 198 216 258 264 297 324 344 387 396 473 516 594 648 774 792 891 946 1,032 1,161 1,188 1,419 1,548 1,782 1,892 2,322 2,376 2,838 3,096 3,483 3,564 3,784 4,257 4,644 5,676 6,966 7,128 8,514 9,288 11,352 12,771 13,932 17,028 25,542 27,864 34,056 38,313 51,084 76,626 102,168 153,252 and 306,504, with no remainder.

Since 306,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 306,504, 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).