Q: Is 618,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 618,552 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 618,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 66 71 72 88 99 121 132 142 198 213 242 264 284 363 396 426 484 568 639 726 781 792 852 968 1,089 1,278 1,452 1,562 1,704 2,178 2,343 2,556 2,904 3,124 4,356 4,686 5,112 6,248 7,029 8,591 8,712 9,372 14,058 17,182 18,744 25,773 28,116 34,364 51,546 56,232 68,728 77,319 103,092 154,638 206,184 309,276 and 618,552, with no remainder.

Since 618,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 618,552, 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).