Q: Is 330,336 a Composite Number?

Why is 330,336 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 330,336 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 31 32 36 37 48 62 72 74 93 96 111 124 144 148 186 222 248 279 288 296 333 372 444 496 558 592 666 744 888 992 1,116 1,147 1,184 1,332 1,488 1,776 2,232 2,294 2,664 2,976 3,441 3,552 4,464 4,588 5,328 6,882 8,928 9,176 10,323 10,656 13,764 18,352 20,646 27,528 36,704 41,292 55,056 82,584 110,112 165,168 and 330,336, with no remainder.

Since 330,336 cannot be divided by just 1 and 330,336, 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).