Q: Is 496,584 a Composite Number?

Why is 496,584 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 496,584 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 18 19 22 24 27 33 36 38 44 54 57 66 72 76 88 99 108 114 121 132 152 171 198 209 216 228 242 264 297 342 363 396 418 456 484 513 594 627 684 726 792 836 968 1,026 1,089 1,188 1,254 1,368 1,452 1,672 1,881 2,052 2,178 2,299 2,376 2,508 2,904 3,267 3,762 4,104 4,356 4,598 5,016 5,643 6,534 6,897 7,524 8,712 9,196 11,286 13,068 13,794 15,048 18,392 20,691 22,572 26,136 27,588 41,382 45,144 55,176 62,073 82,764 124,146 165,528 248,292 and 496,584, with no remainder.

Since 496,584 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,584, 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).