Q: Is 293,436 a Composite Number?

Why is 293,436 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 293,436 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 13 18 19 22 26 27 33 36 38 39 44 52 54 57 66 76 78 99 108 114 117 132 143 156 171 198 209 228 234 247 286 297 342 351 396 418 429 468 494 513 572 594 627 684 702 741 836 858 988 1,026 1,188 1,254 1,287 1,404 1,482 1,716 1,881 2,052 2,223 2,508 2,574 2,717 2,964 3,762 3,861 4,446 5,148 5,434 5,643 6,669 7,524 7,722 8,151 8,892 10,868 11,286 13,338 15,444 16,302 22,572 24,453 26,676 32,604 48,906 73,359 97,812 146,718 and 293,436, with no remainder.

Since 293,436 cannot be divided by just 1 and 293,436, 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).