Q: Is 409,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 409,464 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 409,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 22 24 33 36 44 47 66 72 88 94 99 121 132 141 188 198 242 264 282 363 376 396 423 484 517 564 726 792 846 968 1,034 1,089 1,128 1,452 1,551 1,692 2,068 2,178 2,904 3,102 3,384 4,136 4,356 4,653 5,687 6,204 8,712 9,306 11,374 12,408 17,061 18,612 22,748 34,122 37,224 45,496 51,183 68,244 102,366 136,488 204,732 and 409,464, with no remainder.

Since 409,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 409,464, 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).