Q: Is 455,952 a Composite Number?

Why is 455,952 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 455,952 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 16 21 23 24 28 42 46 48 56 59 69 84 92 112 118 138 161 168 177 184 236 276 322 336 354 368 413 472 483 552 644 708 826 944 966 1,104 1,239 1,288 1,357 1,416 1,652 1,932 2,478 2,576 2,714 2,832 3,304 3,864 4,071 4,956 5,428 6,608 7,728 8,142 9,499 9,912 10,856 16,284 18,998 19,824 21,712 28,497 32,568 37,996 56,994 65,136 75,992 113,988 151,984 227,976 and 455,952, with no remainder.

Since 455,952 cannot be divided by just 1 and 455,952, 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).