Q: Is 257,488 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 257,488 is a composite number.

Why is 257,488 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 257,488 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 14 16 19 22 28 38 44 56 76 77 88 112 121 133 152 154 176 209 242 266 304 308 418 484 532 616 836 847 968 1,064 1,232 1,463 1,672 1,694 1,936 2,128 2,299 2,926 3,344 3,388 4,598 5,852 6,776 9,196 11,704 13,552 16,093 18,392 23,408 32,186 36,784 64,372 128,744 and 257,488, with no remainder.

Since 257,488 cannot be divided by just 1 and 257,488, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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