Q: Is 440,748 a Composite Number?

Why is 440,748 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 440,748 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 9 11 12 14 18 21 22 27 28 33 36 42 44 53 54 63 66 77 84 99 106 108 126 132 154 159 189 198 212 231 252 297 308 318 371 378 396 462 477 583 594 636 693 742 756 924 954 1,113 1,166 1,188 1,386 1,431 1,484 1,749 1,908 2,079 2,226 2,332 2,772 2,862 3,339 3,498 4,081 4,158 4,452 5,247 5,724 6,678 6,996 8,162 8,316 10,017 10,494 12,243 13,356 15,741 16,324 20,034 20,988 24,486 31,482 36,729 40,068 48,972 62,964 73,458 110,187 146,916 220,374 and 440,748, with no remainder.

Since 440,748 cannot be divided by just 1 and 440,748, 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).