Q: Is 559,728 a Composite Number?

Why is 559,728 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 559,728 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 23 24 26 36 39 46 48 52 69 72 78 92 104 117 138 144 156 169 184 207 208 234 276 299 312 338 368 414 468 507 552 598 624 676 828 897 936 1,014 1,104 1,196 1,352 1,521 1,656 1,794 1,872 2,028 2,392 2,691 2,704 3,042 3,312 3,588 3,887 4,056 4,784 5,382 6,084 7,176 7,774 8,112 10,764 11,661 12,168 14,352 15,548 21,528 23,322 24,336 31,096 34,983 43,056 46,644 62,192 69,966 93,288 139,932 186,576 279,864 and 559,728, with no remainder.

Since 559,728 cannot be divided by just 1 and 559,728, 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).