Q: Is 506,352 a Composite Number?

Why is 506,352 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 506,352 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 11 12 14 16 21 22 24 28 33 42 44 48 56 66 77 84 88 112 132 137 154 168 176 231 264 274 308 336 411 462 528 548 616 822 924 959 1,096 1,232 1,507 1,644 1,848 1,918 2,192 2,877 3,014 3,288 3,696 3,836 4,521 5,754 6,028 6,576 7,672 9,042 10,549 11,508 12,056 15,344 18,084 21,098 23,016 24,112 31,647 36,168 42,196 46,032 63,294 72,336 84,392 126,588 168,784 253,176 and 506,352, with no remainder.

Since 506,352 cannot be divided by just 1 and 506,352, 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).