Q: Is 495,264 a Composite Number?

Why is 495,264 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 495,264 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 32 33 42 44 48 56 66 67 77 84 88 96 112 132 134 154 168 176 201 224 231 264 268 308 336 352 402 462 469 528 536 616 672 737 804 924 938 1,056 1,072 1,232 1,407 1,474 1,608 1,848 1,876 2,144 2,211 2,464 2,814 2,948 3,216 3,696 3,752 4,422 5,159 5,628 5,896 6,432 7,392 7,504 8,844 10,318 11,256 11,792 15,008 15,477 17,688 20,636 22,512 23,584 30,954 35,376 41,272 45,024 61,908 70,752 82,544 123,816 165,088 247,632 and 495,264, with no remainder.

Since 495,264 cannot be divided by just 1 and 495,264, 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).