Q: Is 999,648 a Composite Number?

Why is 999,648 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 999,648 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 72 78 89 96 104 108 117 144 156 178 208 216 234 267 288 312 351 356 416 432 468 534 624 702 712 801 864 936 1,068 1,157 1,248 1,404 1,424 1,602 1,872 2,136 2,314 2,403 2,808 2,848 3,204 3,471 3,744 4,272 4,628 4,806 5,616 6,408 6,942 8,544 9,256 9,612 10,413 11,232 12,816 13,884 18,512 19,224 20,826 25,632 27,768 31,239 37,024 38,448 41,652 55,536 62,478 76,896 83,304 111,072 124,956 166,608 249,912 333,216 499,824 and 999,648, with no remainder.

Since 999,648 cannot be divided by just 1 and 999,648, 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).