Q: Is 476,784 a Composite Number?

Why is 476,784 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 476,784 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 16 18 21 22 24 28 33 36 42 43 44 48 56 63 66 72 77 84 86 88 99 112 126 129 132 144 154 168 172 176 198 231 252 258 264 301 308 336 344 387 396 462 473 504 516 528 602 616 688 693 774 792 903 924 946 1,008 1,032 1,204 1,232 1,386 1,419 1,548 1,584 1,806 1,848 1,892 2,064 2,408 2,709 2,772 2,838 3,096 3,311 3,612 3,696 3,784 4,257 4,816 5,418 5,544 5,676 6,192 6,622 7,224 7,568 8,514 9,933 10,836 11,088 11,352 13,244 14,448 17,028 19,866 21,672 22,704 26,488 29,799 34,056 39,732 43,344 52,976 59,598 68,112 79,464 119,196 158,928 238,392 and 476,784, with no remainder.

Since 476,784 cannot be divided by just 1 and 476,784, 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).