Q: Is 418,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 418,392 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 418,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 149 156 216 234 298 312 351 447 468 596 702 894 936 1,192 1,341 1,404 1,788 1,937 2,682 2,808 3,576 3,874 4,023 5,364 5,811 7,748 8,046 10,728 11,622 15,496 16,092 17,433 23,244 32,184 34,866 46,488 52,299 69,732 104,598 139,464 209,196 and 418,392, with no remainder.

Since 418,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 418,392, 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).