Q: Is 328,944 a Composite Number?

Why is 328,944 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 328,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 89 112 132 154 168 176 178 231 264 267 308 336 356 462 528 534 616 623 712 924 979 1,068 1,232 1,246 1,424 1,848 1,869 1,958 2,136 2,492 2,937 3,696 3,738 3,916 4,272 4,984 5,874 6,853 7,476 7,832 9,968 11,748 13,706 14,952 15,664 20,559 23,496 27,412 29,904 41,118 46,992 54,824 82,236 109,648 164,472 and 328,944, with no remainder.

Since 328,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 328,944, 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).