Q: Is 346,896 a Composite Number?

Why is 346,896 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 346,896 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 73 88 99 108 132 144 146 176 198 216 219 264 292 297 396 432 438 528 584 594 657 792 803 876 1,168 1,188 1,314 1,584 1,606 1,752 1,971 2,376 2,409 2,628 3,212 3,504 3,942 4,752 4,818 5,256 6,424 7,227 7,884 9,636 10,512 12,848 14,454 15,768 19,272 21,681 28,908 31,536 38,544 43,362 57,816 86,724 115,632 173,448 and 346,896, with no remainder.

Since 346,896 cannot be divided by just 1 and 346,896, 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).