Q: Is 486,024 a Composite Number?

Why is 486,024 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 486,024 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 56 66 77 84 88 132 154 168 231 263 264 308 462 526 616 789 924 1,052 1,578 1,841 1,848 2,104 2,893 3,156 3,682 5,523 5,786 6,312 7,364 8,679 11,046 11,572 14,728 17,358 20,251 22,092 23,144 34,716 40,502 44,184 60,753 69,432 81,004 121,506 162,008 243,012 and 486,024, with no remainder.

Since 486,024 cannot be divided by just 1 and 486,024, 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).