Q: Is 999,108 a Composite Number?

Why is 999,108 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 999,108 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 18 22 27 29 33 36 44 54 58 66 87 99 108 116 132 174 198 261 297 319 348 396 522 594 638 783 841 957 1,044 1,188 1,276 1,566 1,682 1,914 2,523 2,871 3,132 3,364 3,828 5,046 5,742 7,569 8,613 9,251 10,092 11,484 15,138 17,226 18,502 22,707 27,753 30,276 34,452 37,004 45,414 55,506 83,259 90,828 111,012 166,518 249,777 333,036 499,554 and 999,108, with no remainder.

Since 999,108 cannot be divided by just 1 and 999,108, 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).