Q: Is 441,168 a Composite Number?

Why is 441,168 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 441,168 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 13 14 16 21 24 26 28 39 42 48 52 56 78 84 91 101 104 112 156 168 182 202 208 273 303 312 336 364 404 546 606 624 707 728 808 1,092 1,212 1,313 1,414 1,456 1,616 2,121 2,184 2,424 2,626 2,828 3,939 4,242 4,368 4,848 5,252 5,656 7,878 8,484 9,191 10,504 11,312 15,756 16,968 18,382 21,008 27,573 31,512 33,936 36,764 55,146 63,024 73,528 110,292 147,056 220,584 and 441,168, with no remainder.

Since 441,168 cannot be divided by just 1 and 441,168, 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).