Q: Is 294,624 a Composite Number?

Why is 294,624 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 294,624 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 31 32 33 36 44 48 54 62 66 72 88 93 96 99 108 124 132 144 176 186 198 216 248 264 279 288 297 341 352 372 396 432 496 528 558 594 682 744 792 837 864 992 1,023 1,056 1,116 1,188 1,364 1,488 1,584 1,674 2,046 2,232 2,376 2,728 2,976 3,069 3,168 3,348 4,092 4,464 4,752 5,456 6,138 6,696 8,184 8,928 9,207 9,504 10,912 12,276 13,392 16,368 18,414 24,552 26,784 32,736 36,828 49,104 73,656 98,208 147,312 and 294,624, with no remainder.

Since 294,624 cannot be divided by just 1 and 294,624, 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).