Q: Is 472,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 472,472 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 472,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 4 7 8 11 13 14 22 26 28 44 52 56 59 77 88 91 104 118 143 154 182 236 286 308 364 413 472 572 616 649 728 767 826 1,001 1,144 1,298 1,534 1,652 2,002 2,596 3,068 3,304 4,004 4,543 5,192 5,369 6,136 8,008 8,437 9,086 10,738 16,874 18,172 21,476 33,748 36,344 42,952 59,059 67,496 118,118 236,236 and 472,472, with no remainder.

Since 472,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 472,472, 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).