Q: Is 473,880 a Composite Number?

Why is 473,880 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 473,880 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 15 20 22 24 30 33 40 44 55 60 66 88 110 120 132 165 220 264 330 359 440 660 718 1,077 1,320 1,436 1,795 2,154 2,872 3,590 3,949 4,308 5,385 7,180 7,898 8,616 10,770 11,847 14,360 15,796 19,745 21,540 23,694 31,592 39,490 43,080 47,388 59,235 78,980 94,776 118,470 157,960 236,940 and 473,880, with no remainder.

Since 473,880 cannot be divided by just 1 and 473,880, 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).