Q: Is 677,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 677,952 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 677,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 107 132 144 176 192 198 214 264 288 321 352 396 428 528 576 642 704 792 856 963 1,056 1,177 1,284 1,584 1,712 1,926 2,112 2,354 2,568 3,168 3,424 3,531 3,852 4,708 5,136 6,336 6,848 7,062 7,704 9,416 10,272 10,593 14,124 15,408 18,832 20,544 21,186 28,248 30,816 37,664 42,372 56,496 61,632 75,328 84,744 112,992 169,488 225,984 338,976 and 677,952, with no remainder.

Since 677,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 677,952, 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).