Q: Is 609,444 a Composite Number?

Why is 609,444 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 609,444 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 19 22 27 33 36 38 44 54 57 66 76 81 99 108 114 132 162 171 198 209 228 243 297 324 342 396 418 486 513 594 627 684 729 836 891 972 1,026 1,188 1,254 1,458 1,539 1,782 1,881 2,052 2,508 2,673 2,916 3,078 3,564 3,762 4,617 5,346 5,643 6,156 7,524 8,019 9,234 10,692 11,286 13,851 16,038 16,929 18,468 22,572 27,702 32,076 33,858 50,787 55,404 67,716 101,574 152,361 203,148 304,722 and 609,444, with no remainder.

Since 609,444 cannot be divided by just 1 and 609,444, 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).