Q: Is 383,724 a Composite Number?

Why is 383,724 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 383,724 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 9 11 12 17 18 19 22 27 33 34 36 38 44 51 54 57 66 68 76 99 102 108 114 132 153 171 187 198 204 209 228 297 306 323 342 374 396 418 459 513 561 594 612 627 646 684 748 836 918 969 1,026 1,122 1,188 1,254 1,292 1,683 1,836 1,881 1,938 2,052 2,244 2,508 2,907 3,366 3,553 3,762 3,876 5,049 5,643 5,814 6,732 7,106 7,524 8,721 10,098 10,659 11,286 11,628 14,212 17,442 20,196 21,318 22,572 31,977 34,884 42,636 63,954 95,931 127,908 191,862 and 383,724, with no remainder.

Since 383,724 cannot be divided by just 1 and 383,724, 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).