Q: Is 509,472 a Composite Number?

Why is 509,472 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 509,472 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 18 24 29 32 36 48 58 61 72 87 96 116 122 144 174 183 232 244 261 288 348 366 464 488 522 549 696 732 928 976 1,044 1,098 1,392 1,464 1,769 1,952 2,088 2,196 2,784 2,928 3,538 4,176 4,392 5,307 5,856 7,076 8,352 8,784 10,614 14,152 15,921 17,568 21,228 28,304 31,842 42,456 56,608 63,684 84,912 127,368 169,824 254,736 and 509,472, with no remainder.

Since 509,472 cannot be divided by just 1 and 509,472, 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).