Q: Is 407,484 a Composite Number?

Why is 407,484 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 407,484 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 49 54 63 66 77 84 98 99 108 126 132 147 154 189 196 198 231 252 294 297 308 343 378 396 441 462 539 588 594 686 693 756 882 924 1,029 1,078 1,188 1,323 1,372 1,386 1,617 1,764 2,058 2,079 2,156 2,646 2,772 3,087 3,234 3,773 4,116 4,158 4,851 5,292 6,174 6,468 7,546 8,316 9,261 9,702 11,319 12,348 14,553 15,092 18,522 19,404 22,638 29,106 33,957 37,044 45,276 58,212 67,914 101,871 135,828 203,742 and 407,484, with no remainder.

Since 407,484 cannot be divided by just 1 and 407,484, 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).