Q: Is 617,232 a Composite Number?

Why is 617,232 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 617,232 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 167 168 176 231 264 308 334 336 462 501 528 616 668 924 1,002 1,169 1,232 1,336 1,837 1,848 2,004 2,338 2,672 3,507 3,674 3,696 4,008 4,676 5,511 7,014 7,348 8,016 9,352 11,022 12,859 14,028 14,696 18,704 22,044 25,718 28,056 29,392 38,577 44,088 51,436 56,112 77,154 88,176 102,872 154,308 205,744 308,616 and 617,232, with no remainder.

Since 617,232 cannot be divided by just 1 and 617,232, 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).