Q: Is 486,096 a Composite Number?

Why is 486,096 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 486,096 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 13 16 19 24 26 38 39 41 48 52 57 76 78 82 104 114 123 152 156 164 208 228 246 247 304 312 328 456 492 494 533 624 656 741 779 912 984 988 1,066 1,482 1,558 1,599 1,968 1,976 2,132 2,337 2,964 3,116 3,198 3,952 4,264 4,674 5,928 6,232 6,396 8,528 9,348 10,127 11,856 12,464 12,792 18,696 20,254 25,584 30,381 37,392 40,508 60,762 81,016 121,524 162,032 243,048 and 486,096, with no remainder.

Since 486,096 cannot be divided by just 1 and 486,096, 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).