Q: Is 618,192 a Composite Number?

Why is 618,192 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 618,192 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 27 36 48 53 54 72 81 106 108 144 159 162 212 216 243 318 324 424 432 477 486 636 648 729 848 954 972 1,272 1,296 1,431 1,458 1,908 1,944 2,544 2,862 2,916 3,816 3,888 4,293 5,724 5,832 7,632 8,586 11,448 11,664 12,879 17,172 22,896 25,758 34,344 38,637 51,516 68,688 77,274 103,032 154,548 206,064 309,096 and 618,192, with no remainder.

Since 618,192 cannot be divided by just 1 and 618,192, 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).