Q: Is 374,544 a Composite Number?

Why is 374,544 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 374,544 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 81 102 108 136 144 153 162 204 216 272 289 306 324 408 432 459 578 612 648 816 867 918 1,156 1,224 1,296 1,377 1,734 1,836 2,312 2,448 2,601 2,754 3,468 3,672 4,624 5,202 5,508 6,936 7,344 7,803 10,404 11,016 13,872 15,606 20,808 22,032 23,409 31,212 41,616 46,818 62,424 93,636 124,848 187,272 and 374,544, with no remainder.

Since 374,544 cannot be divided by just 1 and 374,544, 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).