Q: Is 486,948 a Composite Number?

Why is 486,948 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 486,948 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 12 14 17 21 22 28 31 33 34 42 44 51 62 66 68 77 84 93 102 119 124 132 154 186 187 204 217 231 238 308 341 357 372 374 434 462 476 527 561 651 682 714 748 868 924 1,023 1,054 1,122 1,302 1,309 1,364 1,428 1,581 2,046 2,108 2,244 2,387 2,604 2,618 3,162 3,689 3,927 4,092 4,774 5,236 5,797 6,324 7,161 7,378 7,854 9,548 11,067 11,594 14,322 14,756 15,708 17,391 22,134 23,188 28,644 34,782 40,579 44,268 69,564 81,158 121,737 162,316 243,474 and 486,948, with no remainder.

Since 486,948 cannot be divided by just 1 and 486,948, 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).