Q: Is 422,136 a Composite Number?

Why is 422,136 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 422,136 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 22 24 26 33 36 39 41 44 52 66 72 78 82 88 99 104 117 123 132 143 156 164 198 234 246 264 286 312 328 369 396 429 451 468 492 533 572 738 792 858 902 936 984 1,066 1,144 1,287 1,353 1,476 1,599 1,716 1,804 2,132 2,574 2,706 2,952 3,198 3,432 3,608 4,059 4,264 4,797 5,148 5,412 5,863 6,396 8,118 9,594 10,296 10,824 11,726 12,792 16,236 17,589 19,188 23,452 32,472 35,178 38,376 46,904 52,767 70,356 105,534 140,712 211,068 and 422,136, with no remainder.

Since 422,136 cannot be divided by just 1 and 422,136, 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).