Q: Is 398,944 a Composite Number?

 A: Yes, 398,944 is a composite number.

Why is 398,944 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 398,944 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 13 14 16 26 28 32 52 56 91 104 112 137 182 208 224 274 364 416 548 728 959 1,096 1,456 1,781 1,918 2,192 2,912 3,562 3,836 4,384 7,124 7,672 12,467 14,248 15,344 24,934 28,496 30,688 49,868 56,992 99,736 199,472 and 398,944, with no remainder.

Since 398,944 cannot be divided by just 1 and 398,944, it is a composite number.


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  • All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).

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