Q: Is 682,344 a Composite Number?

Why is 682,344 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 682,344 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 81 104 108 117 156 162 216 234 243 312 324 351 468 486 648 702 729 936 972 1,053 1,404 1,458 1,944 2,106 2,187 2,808 2,916 3,159 4,212 4,374 5,832 6,318 6,561 8,424 8,748 9,477 12,636 13,122 17,496 18,954 25,272 26,244 28,431 37,908 52,488 56,862 75,816 85,293 113,724 170,586 227,448 341,172 and 682,344, with no remainder.

Since 682,344 cannot be divided by just 1 and 682,344, 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).