Q: Is 409,248 a Composite Number?

Why is 409,248 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 409,248 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 16 18 21 24 28 29 32 36 42 48 49 56 58 63 72 84 87 96 98 112 116 126 144 147 168 174 196 203 224 232 252 261 288 294 336 348 392 406 441 464 504 522 588 609 672 696 784 812 882 928 1,008 1,044 1,176 1,218 1,392 1,421 1,568 1,624 1,764 1,827 2,016 2,088 2,352 2,436 2,784 2,842 3,248 3,528 3,654 4,176 4,263 4,704 4,872 5,684 6,496 7,056 7,308 8,352 8,526 9,744 11,368 12,789 14,112 14,616 17,052 19,488 22,736 25,578 29,232 34,104 45,472 51,156 58,464 68,208 102,312 136,416 204,624 and 409,248, with no remainder.

Since 409,248 cannot be divided by just 1 and 409,248, 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).