Q: Is 508,464 a Composite Number?

Why is 508,464 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 508,464 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 11 12 16 18 22 24 27 33 36 44 48 54 66 72 88 99 107 108 132 144 176 198 214 216 264 297 321 396 428 432 528 594 642 792 856 963 1,177 1,188 1,284 1,584 1,712 1,926 2,354 2,376 2,568 2,889 3,531 3,852 4,708 4,752 5,136 5,778 7,062 7,704 9,416 10,593 11,556 14,124 15,408 18,832 21,186 23,112 28,248 31,779 42,372 46,224 56,496 63,558 84,744 127,116 169,488 254,232 and 508,464, with no remainder.

Since 508,464 cannot be divided by just 1 and 508,464, 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).