Q: Is 553,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 553,392 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 553,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 48 54 56 61 63 72 81 84 108 112 122 126 144 162 168 183 189 216 244 252 324 336 366 378 427 432 488 504 549 567 648 732 756 854 976 1,008 1,098 1,134 1,281 1,296 1,464 1,512 1,647 1,708 2,196 2,268 2,562 2,928 3,024 3,294 3,416 3,843 4,392 4,536 4,941 5,124 6,588 6,832 7,686 8,784 9,072 9,882 10,248 11,529 13,176 15,372 19,764 20,496 23,058 26,352 30,744 34,587 39,528 46,116 61,488 69,174 79,056 92,232 138,348 184,464 276,696 and 553,392, with no remainder.

Since 553,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 553,392, 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).