Q: Is 673,056 a Composite Number?

Why is 673,056 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 673,056 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 19 24 27 32 36 38 41 48 54 57 72 76 82 96 108 114 123 144 152 164 171 216 228 246 288 304 328 342 369 432 456 492 513 608 656 684 738 779 864 912 984 1,026 1,107 1,312 1,368 1,476 1,558 1,824 1,968 2,052 2,214 2,337 2,736 2,952 3,116 3,936 4,104 4,428 4,674 5,472 5,904 6,232 7,011 8,208 8,856 9,348 11,808 12,464 14,022 16,416 17,712 18,696 21,033 24,928 28,044 35,424 37,392 42,066 56,088 74,784 84,132 112,176 168,264 224,352 336,528 and 673,056, with no remainder.

Since 673,056 cannot be divided by just 1 and 673,056, 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).