Q: Is 560,736 a Composite Number?

Why is 560,736 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 560,736 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 32 33 36 44 48 54 59 66 72 88 96 99 108 118 132 144 176 177 198 216 236 264 288 297 352 354 396 432 472 528 531 594 649 708 792 864 944 1,056 1,062 1,188 1,298 1,416 1,584 1,593 1,888 1,947 2,124 2,376 2,596 2,832 3,168 3,186 3,894 4,248 4,752 5,192 5,664 5,841 6,372 7,788 8,496 9,504 10,384 11,682 12,744 15,576 16,992 17,523 20,768 23,364 25,488 31,152 35,046 46,728 50,976 62,304 70,092 93,456 140,184 186,912 280,368 and 560,736, with no remainder.

Since 560,736 cannot be divided by just 1 and 560,736, 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).