Q: Is 653,016 a Composite Number?

Why is 653,016 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 653,016 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 21 23 24 26 28 39 42 46 52 56 69 78 84 91 92 104 138 156 161 168 169 182 184 273 276 299 312 322 338 364 483 507 546 552 598 644 676 728 897 966 1,014 1,092 1,183 1,196 1,288 1,352 1,794 1,932 2,028 2,093 2,184 2,366 2,392 3,549 3,588 3,864 3,887 4,056 4,186 4,732 6,279 7,098 7,176 7,774 8,372 9,464 11,661 12,558 14,196 15,548 16,744 23,322 25,116 27,209 28,392 31,096 46,644 50,232 54,418 81,627 93,288 108,836 163,254 217,672 326,508 and 653,016, with no remainder.

Since 653,016 cannot be divided by just 1 and 653,016, 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).