Q: Is 409,968 a Composite Number?

Why is 409,968 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 409,968 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 16 18 24 26 27 36 39 48 52 54 72 73 78 104 108 117 144 146 156 208 216 219 234 292 312 351 432 438 468 584 624 657 702 876 936 949 1,168 1,314 1,404 1,752 1,872 1,898 1,971 2,628 2,808 2,847 3,504 3,796 3,942 5,256 5,616 5,694 7,592 7,884 8,541 10,512 11,388 15,184 15,768 17,082 22,776 25,623 31,536 34,164 45,552 51,246 68,328 102,492 136,656 204,984 and 409,968, with no remainder.

Since 409,968 cannot be divided by just 1 and 409,968, 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).