Q: Is 616,616 a Composite Number?

Why is 616,616 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 616,616 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 49 52 56 77 88 91 98 104 121 143 154 182 196 242 286 308 364 392 484 539 572 616 637 728 847 968 1,001 1,078 1,144 1,274 1,573 1,694 2,002 2,156 2,548 3,146 3,388 4,004 4,312 5,096 5,929 6,292 6,776 7,007 8,008 11,011 11,858 12,584 14,014 22,022 23,716 28,028 44,044 47,432 56,056 77,077 88,088 154,154 308,308 and 616,616, with no remainder.

Since 616,616 cannot be divided by just 1 and 616,616, 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).