Q: Is 684,936 a Composite Number?

Why is 684,936 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 684,936 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 24 27 28 36 42 54 56 63 72 81 84 108 126 151 162 168 189 216 252 302 324 378 453 504 567 604 648 756 906 1,057 1,134 1,208 1,359 1,512 1,812 2,114 2,268 2,718 3,171 3,624 4,077 4,228 4,536 5,436 6,342 8,154 8,456 9,513 10,872 12,231 12,684 16,308 19,026 24,462 25,368 28,539 32,616 38,052 48,924 57,078 76,104 85,617 97,848 114,156 171,234 228,312 342,468 and 684,936, with no remainder.

Since 684,936 cannot be divided by just 1 and 684,936, 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).