Q: Is 691,548 a Composite Number?

Why is 691,548 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 691,548 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 11 12 13 22 26 31 33 39 44 52 62 66 78 93 124 132 143 156 169 186 286 338 341 372 403 429 507 572 676 682 806 858 1,014 1,023 1,209 1,364 1,612 1,716 1,859 2,028 2,046 2,418 3,718 4,092 4,433 4,836 5,239 5,577 7,436 8,866 10,478 11,154 13,299 15,717 17,732 20,956 22,308 26,598 31,434 53,196 57,629 62,868 115,258 172,887 230,516 345,774 and 691,548, with no remainder.

Since 691,548 cannot be divided by just 1 and 691,548, 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).