Q: Is 400,752 a Composite Number?

Why is 400,752 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 400,752 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 23 24 33 36 44 46 48 66 69 72 88 92 99 121 132 138 144 176 184 198 207 242 253 264 276 363 368 396 414 484 506 528 552 726 759 792 828 968 1,012 1,089 1,104 1,452 1,518 1,584 1,656 1,936 2,024 2,178 2,277 2,783 2,904 3,036 3,312 4,048 4,356 4,554 5,566 5,808 6,072 8,349 8,712 9,108 11,132 12,144 16,698 17,424 18,216 22,264 25,047 33,396 36,432 44,528 50,094 66,792 100,188 133,584 200,376 and 400,752, with no remainder.

Since 400,752 cannot be divided by just 1 and 400,752, 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).