Q: Is 673,992 a Composite Number?

Why is 673,992 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 673,992 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 23 24 33 36 37 44 46 66 69 72 74 88 92 99 111 132 138 148 184 198 207 222 253 264 276 296 333 396 407 414 444 506 552 666 759 792 814 828 851 888 1,012 1,221 1,332 1,518 1,628 1,656 1,702 2,024 2,277 2,442 2,553 2,664 3,036 3,256 3,404 3,663 4,554 4,884 5,106 6,072 6,808 7,326 7,659 9,108 9,361 9,768 10,212 14,652 15,318 18,216 18,722 20,424 28,083 29,304 30,636 37,444 56,166 61,272 74,888 84,249 112,332 168,498 224,664 336,996 and 673,992, with no remainder.

Since 673,992 cannot be divided by just 1 and 673,992, 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).