Q: Is 540,144 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 540,144 is a composite number.

Why is 540,144 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 540,144 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 31 33 36 44 48 62 66 72 88 93 99 121 124 132 144 176 186 198 242 248 264 279 341 363 372 396 484 496 528 558 682 726 744 792 968 1,023 1,089 1,116 1,364 1,452 1,488 1,584 1,936 2,046 2,178 2,232 2,728 2,904 3,069 3,751 4,092 4,356 4,464 5,456 5,808 6,138 7,502 8,184 8,712 11,253 12,276 15,004 16,368 17,424 22,506 24,552 30,008 33,759 45,012 49,104 60,016 67,518 90,024 135,036 180,048 270,072 and 540,144, with no remainder.

Since 540,144 cannot be divided by just 1 and 540,144, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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