Q: Is 415,272 a Composite Number?

Why is 415,272 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 415,272 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 11 12 13 22 24 26 33 39 44 52 66 78 88 104 121 132 143 156 242 264 286 312 363 429 484 572 726 858 968 1,144 1,331 1,452 1,573 1,716 2,662 2,904 3,146 3,432 3,993 4,719 5,324 6,292 7,986 9,438 10,648 12,584 15,972 17,303 18,876 31,944 34,606 37,752 51,909 69,212 103,818 138,424 207,636 and 415,272, with no remainder.

Since 415,272 cannot be divided by just 1 and 415,272, 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).