Q: Is 602,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 602,208 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 602,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 32 34 36 41 48 51 54 68 72 82 96 102 108 123 136 144 153 164 204 216 246 272 288 306 328 369 408 432 459 492 544 612 656 697 738 816 864 918 984 1,107 1,224 1,312 1,394 1,476 1,632 1,836 1,968 2,091 2,214 2,448 2,788 2,952 3,672 3,936 4,182 4,428 4,896 5,576 5,904 6,273 7,344 8,364 8,856 11,152 11,808 12,546 14,688 16,728 17,712 18,819 22,304 25,092 33,456 35,424 37,638 50,184 66,912 75,276 100,368 150,552 200,736 301,104 and 602,208, with no remainder.

Since 602,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 602,208, 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).