Q: Is 405,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 405,504 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 405,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 32 33 36 44 48 64 66 72 88 96 99 128 132 144 176 192 198 256 264 288 352 384 396 512 528 576 704 768 792 1,024 1,056 1,152 1,408 1,536 1,584 2,048 2,112 2,304 2,816 3,072 3,168 4,096 4,224 4,608 5,632 6,144 6,336 8,448 9,216 11,264 12,288 12,672 16,896 18,432 22,528 25,344 33,792 36,864 45,056 50,688 67,584 101,376 135,168 202,752 and 405,504, with no remainder.

Since 405,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 405,504, 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).