Q: Is 449,460 a Composite Number?

Why is 449,460 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 449,460 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 15 18 20 22 30 33 36 44 45 55 60 66 90 99 110 132 165 180 198 220 227 330 396 454 495 660 681 908 990 1,135 1,362 1,980 2,043 2,270 2,497 2,724 3,405 4,086 4,540 4,994 6,810 7,491 8,172 9,988 10,215 12,485 13,620 14,982 20,430 22,473 24,970 29,964 37,455 40,860 44,946 49,940 74,910 89,892 112,365 149,820 224,730 and 449,460, with no remainder.

Since 449,460 cannot be divided by just 1 and 449,460, 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).