Q: Is 506,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 506,736 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 506,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 23 24 27 34 36 46 48 51 54 68 69 72 81 92 102 108 136 138 144 153 162 184 204 207 216 272 276 306 324 368 391 408 414 432 459 552 612 621 648 782 816 828 918 1,104 1,173 1,224 1,242 1,296 1,377 1,564 1,656 1,836 1,863 2,346 2,448 2,484 2,754 3,128 3,312 3,519 3,672 3,726 4,692 4,968 5,508 6,256 7,038 7,344 7,452 9,384 9,936 10,557 11,016 14,076 14,904 18,768 21,114 22,032 28,152 29,808 31,671 42,228 56,304 63,342 84,456 126,684 168,912 253,368 and 506,736, with no remainder.

Since 506,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 506,736, 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).