Q: Is 675,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 675,108 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 675,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 12 14 18 19 21 27 28 36 38 42 47 54 57 63 76 84 94 108 114 126 133 141 171 188 189 228 252 266 282 329 342 378 399 423 513 532 564 658 684 756 798 846 893 987 1,026 1,197 1,269 1,316 1,596 1,692 1,786 1,974 2,052 2,394 2,538 2,679 2,961 3,572 3,591 3,948 4,788 5,076 5,358 5,922 6,251 7,182 8,037 8,883 10,716 11,844 12,502 14,364 16,074 17,766 18,753 24,111 25,004 32,148 35,532 37,506 48,222 56,259 75,012 96,444 112,518 168,777 225,036 337,554 and 675,108, with no remainder.

Since 675,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 675,108, 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).