Q: Is 428,064 a Composite Number?

Why is 428,064 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 428,064 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 32 39 42 48 49 52 56 78 84 91 96 98 104 112 147 156 168 182 196 208 224 273 294 312 336 343 364 392 416 546 588 624 637 672 686 728 784 1,029 1,092 1,176 1,248 1,274 1,372 1,456 1,568 1,911 2,058 2,184 2,352 2,548 2,744 2,912 3,822 4,116 4,368 4,459 4,704 5,096 5,488 7,644 8,232 8,736 8,918 10,192 10,976 13,377 15,288 16,464 17,836 20,384 26,754 30,576 32,928 35,672 53,508 61,152 71,344 107,016 142,688 214,032 and 428,064, with no remainder.

Since 428,064 cannot be divided by just 1 and 428,064, 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).