Q: Is 321,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 321,552 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 321,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 29 33 36 42 44 48 56 58 63 66 72 77 84 87 88 99 112 116 126 132 144 154 168 174 176 198 203 231 232 252 261 264 308 319 336 348 396 406 462 464 504 522 528 609 616 638 693 696 792 812 924 957 1,008 1,044 1,218 1,232 1,276 1,386 1,392 1,584 1,624 1,827 1,848 1,914 2,088 2,233 2,436 2,552 2,772 2,871 3,248 3,654 3,696 3,828 4,176 4,466 4,872 5,104 5,544 5,742 6,699 7,308 7,656 8,932 9,744 11,088 11,484 13,398 14,616 15,312 17,864 20,097 22,968 26,796 29,232 35,728 40,194 45,936 53,592 80,388 107,184 160,776 and 321,552, with no remainder.

Since 321,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 321,552, 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).