Q: Is 496,920 a Composite Number?

Why is 496,920 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 496,920 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 40 41 60 82 101 120 123 164 202 205 246 303 328 404 410 492 505 606 615 808 820 984 1,010 1,212 1,230 1,515 1,640 2,020 2,424 2,460 3,030 4,040 4,141 4,920 6,060 8,282 12,120 12,423 16,564 20,705 24,846 33,128 41,410 49,692 62,115 82,820 99,384 124,230 165,640 248,460 and 496,920, with no remainder.

Since 496,920 cannot be divided by just 1 and 496,920, 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).