Q: Is 543,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 543,168 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 543,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 23 24 32 36 41 46 48 64 69 72 82 92 96 123 138 144 164 184 192 207 246 276 288 328 368 369 414 492 552 576 656 736 738 828 943 984 1,104 1,312 1,472 1,476 1,656 1,886 1,968 2,208 2,624 2,829 2,952 3,312 3,772 3,936 4,416 5,658 5,904 6,624 7,544 7,872 8,487 11,316 11,808 13,248 15,088 16,974 22,632 23,616 30,176 33,948 45,264 60,352 67,896 90,528 135,792 181,056 271,584 and 543,168, with no remainder.

Since 543,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 543,168, 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).