Q: Is 567,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 567,936 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 567,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 29 32 34 36 48 51 58 64 68 72 87 96 102 116 128 136 144 153 174 192 204 232 261 272 288 306 348 384 408 464 493 522 544 576 612 696 816 928 986 1,044 1,088 1,152 1,224 1,392 1,479 1,632 1,856 1,972 2,088 2,176 2,448 2,784 2,958 3,264 3,712 3,944 4,176 4,437 4,896 5,568 5,916 6,528 7,888 8,352 8,874 9,792 11,136 11,832 15,776 16,704 17,748 19,584 23,664 31,552 33,408 35,496 47,328 63,104 70,992 94,656 141,984 189,312 283,968 and 567,936, with no remainder.

Since 567,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 567,936, 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).