Q: Is 474,552 a Composite Number?

Why is 474,552 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 474,552 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 13 18 24 26 27 36 39 52 54 72 78 104 108 117 156 169 216 234 312 338 351 468 507 676 702 936 1,014 1,352 1,404 1,521 2,028 2,197 2,808 3,042 4,056 4,394 4,563 6,084 6,591 8,788 9,126 12,168 13,182 17,576 18,252 19,773 26,364 36,504 39,546 52,728 59,319 79,092 118,638 158,184 237,276 and 474,552, with no remainder.

Since 474,552 cannot be divided by just 1 and 474,552, 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).