Q: Is 436,392 a Composite Number?

Why is 436,392 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 436,392 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 19 22 24 29 33 36 38 44 57 58 66 72 76 87 88 99 114 116 132 152 171 174 198 209 228 232 261 264 319 342 348 396 418 456 522 551 627 638 684 696 792 836 957 1,044 1,102 1,254 1,276 1,368 1,653 1,672 1,881 1,914 2,088 2,204 2,508 2,552 2,871 3,306 3,762 3,828 4,408 4,959 5,016 5,742 6,061 6,612 7,524 7,656 9,918 11,484 12,122 13,224 15,048 18,183 19,836 22,968 24,244 36,366 39,672 48,488 54,549 72,732 109,098 145,464 218,196 and 436,392, with no remainder.

Since 436,392 cannot be divided by just 1 and 436,392, 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).