Q: Is 661,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 661,584 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 661,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 154 168 176 179 231 264 308 336 358 462 528 537 616 716 924 1,074 1,232 1,253 1,432 1,848 1,969 2,148 2,506 2,864 3,696 3,759 3,938 4,296 5,012 5,907 7,518 7,876 8,592 10,024 11,814 13,783 15,036 15,752 20,048 23,628 27,566 30,072 31,504 41,349 47,256 55,132 60,144 82,698 94,512 110,264 165,396 220,528 330,792 and 661,584, with no remainder.

Since 661,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 661,584, 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).