Q: Is 620,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 620,136 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 620,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 27 29 33 36 44 54 58 66 72 81 87 88 99 108 116 132 162 174 198 216 232 243 261 264 297 319 324 348 396 486 522 594 638 648 696 783 792 891 957 972 1,044 1,188 1,276 1,566 1,782 1,914 1,944 2,088 2,349 2,376 2,552 2,673 2,871 3,132 3,564 3,828 4,698 5,346 5,742 6,264 7,047 7,128 7,656 8,613 9,396 10,692 11,484 14,094 17,226 18,792 21,384 22,968 25,839 28,188 34,452 51,678 56,376 68,904 77,517 103,356 155,034 206,712 310,068 and 620,136, with no remainder.

Since 620,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 620,136, 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).