Q: Is 513,744 a Composite Number?

Why is 513,744 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 513,744 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 88 112 132 139 154 168 176 231 264 278 308 336 417 462 528 556 616 834 924 973 1,112 1,232 1,529 1,668 1,848 1,946 2,224 2,919 3,058 3,336 3,696 3,892 4,587 5,838 6,116 6,672 7,784 9,174 10,703 11,676 12,232 15,568 18,348 21,406 23,352 24,464 32,109 36,696 42,812 46,704 64,218 73,392 85,624 128,436 171,248 256,872 and 513,744, with no remainder.

Since 513,744 cannot be divided by just 1 and 513,744, 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).