Q: Is 404,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 404,352 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 404,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 32 36 39 48 52 54 64 72 78 81 96 104 108 117 128 144 156 162 192 208 216 234 243 288 312 324 351 384 416 432 468 486 576 624 648 702 832 864 936 972 1,053 1,152 1,248 1,296 1,404 1,664 1,728 1,872 1,944 2,106 2,496 2,592 2,808 3,159 3,456 3,744 3,888 4,212 4,992 5,184 5,616 6,318 7,488 7,776 8,424 10,368 11,232 12,636 14,976 15,552 16,848 22,464 25,272 31,104 33,696 44,928 50,544 67,392 101,088 134,784 202,176 and 404,352, with no remainder.

Since 404,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 404,352, 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).