Q: Is 675,324 a Composite Number?

Why is 675,324 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 675,324 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 12 13 18 26 27 36 37 39 52 54 74 78 108 111 117 148 156 169 222 234 333 338 351 444 468 481 507 666 676 702 962 999 1,014 1,332 1,404 1,443 1,521 1,924 1,998 2,028 2,886 3,042 3,996 4,329 4,563 5,772 6,084 6,253 8,658 9,126 12,506 12,987 17,316 18,252 18,759 25,012 25,974 37,518 51,948 56,277 75,036 112,554 168,831 225,108 337,662 and 675,324, with no remainder.

Since 675,324 cannot be divided by just 1 and 675,324, 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).