Q: Is 993,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 993,168 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 993,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 19 22 24 27 33 36 38 44 48 54 57 66 72 76 88 99 108 114 121 132 144 152 171 176 198 209 216 228 242 264 297 304 342 363 396 418 432 456 484 513 528 594 627 684 726 792 836 912 968 1,026 1,089 1,188 1,254 1,368 1,452 1,584 1,672 1,881 1,936 2,052 2,178 2,299 2,376 2,508 2,736 2,904 3,267 3,344 3,762 4,104 4,356 4,598 4,752 5,016 5,643 5,808 6,534 6,897 7,524 8,208 8,712 9,196 10,032 11,286 13,068 13,794 15,048 17,424 18,392 20,691 22,572 26,136 27,588 30,096 36,784 41,382 45,144 52,272 55,176 62,073 82,764 90,288 110,352 124,146 165,528 248,292 331,056 496,584 and 993,168, with no remainder.

Since 993,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 993,168, 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).