Q: Is 387,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 387,504 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 387,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 23 24 26 27 36 39 46 48 52 54 69 72 78 81 92 104 108 117 138 144 156 162 184 207 208 216 234 276 299 312 324 351 368 414 432 468 552 598 621 624 648 702 828 897 936 1,053 1,104 1,196 1,242 1,296 1,404 1,656 1,794 1,863 1,872 2,106 2,392 2,484 2,691 2,808 3,312 3,588 3,726 4,212 4,784 4,968 5,382 5,616 7,176 7,452 8,073 8,424 9,936 10,764 14,352 14,904 16,146 16,848 21,528 24,219 29,808 32,292 43,056 48,438 64,584 96,876 129,168 193,752 and 387,504, with no remainder.

Since 387,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 387,504, 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).