Q: Is 627,912 a Composite Number?

Why is 627,912 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 627,912 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 17 18 19 24 27 34 36 38 51 54 57 68 72 76 81 102 108 114 136 152 153 162 171 204 216 228 243 306 323 324 342 408 456 459 486 513 612 646 648 684 918 969 972 1,026 1,224 1,292 1,368 1,377 1,539 1,836 1,938 1,944 2,052 2,584 2,754 2,907 3,078 3,672 3,876 4,104 4,131 4,617 5,508 5,814 6,156 7,752 8,262 8,721 9,234 11,016 11,628 12,312 16,524 17,442 18,468 23,256 26,163 33,048 34,884 36,936 52,326 69,768 78,489 104,652 156,978 209,304 313,956 and 627,912, with no remainder.

Since 627,912 cannot be divided by just 1 and 627,912, 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).